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The world’s largest Starbucks will soon open in Chicago – and the decision to bring the company’s biggest roastery to the Windy City was no accident.

The world’s largest Starbucks is coming to Chicago – in November.

Starbucks gained an estimated $2.3 billion in free advertising over the last few days after a modern-day coffee cup was spotted during a “Game of Thrones” episode — and it turns out it wasn’t even a Starbucks cup....
On Sunday, eagle-eyed fans of HBO’s fantasy epic noticed something out of place during a feast scene. Photos and videos of the moment...

San Francisco is about to require brick-and-mortar retailers to take cash as payment, joining Philadelphia and New Jersey in banning a growing paperless practice that critics say discriminates against low-income people who may not have access to credit cards.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday that cashless establishments discriminate against the poor, the homeless and those who are un-banked. Mark Mathews reports.

Starbucks has voluntarily recalled more than 250,000 coffee presses that were sold in the U.S. and Canada due to a laceration hazard. The Seattle-based coffee chain is recalling 263,200 Bodum Recycled Coffee Presses that were sold from November 2016 through January 2019 online and in-store, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Starbucks received a total of nine reports...

As the opioid crisis continues to affect millions of Americans, Starbucks says it will move forward with plans to install more needle-disposal boxes in select store bathrooms nationwide. The move, which the chain publicly started considering in January, comes as more people have signed up to support an employee-led campaign to install “safe needle disposal boxes in the bathrooms of...

Father Jim Sichko has a 50-state congregation and a simple mandate from the pope: Go forth and do good deeds.

Pornography will be blocked on Starbucks Wi-Fi starting next year, the company told NBC News Thursday. Internet safety advocacy group Enough is Enough has been running a porn-free campaign aimed at the coffee chain for years, and recently got more than 26,000 signatures on a petition. Viewing “egregious content” over Starbucks Wi-Fi has always violated company policy, a Starbucks representative...

Each new Starbucks boosts the value of housing prices in a neighborhood. And not by an insignificant amount. This data point is revealed in a broader study on gentrification by the Harvard Business School that relied on information from Yelp, the online restaurant review platform, and the United States Census.

Turning away customers looking for an afternoon jolt of caffeine, Starbucks shops across the U.S. closed up early on Tuesday to hold training for employees on recognizing hidden prejudices.

Sixty-four percent of Americans believe racism is still a major problem in our society while 30 percent said racism exists today but isn’t a major problem, according to a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll. The poll coincides with the airing on Tuesday night of an MSNBC town hall called “Everyday Racism in America” on racial bias in the country. It was...

Starbucks, trying to put to rest an outcry over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores, is closing more than 8,000 stores for an afternoon of anti-bias training, a strategy some believe can keep racism at bay. After the arrests in Philadelphia last month, the coffee chain’s leaders apologized and met with the two men, but...

Starbucks announced a new policy Saturday that allows anyone to sit in its cafes or use its restrooms, even if they don’t buy anything.

Starbucks, moving swiftly to confront a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours next month to conduct racial-bias training for nearly 175,000 workers. The announcement Tuesday comes after the arrests sparked protests and calls for a boycott on social...

The CEO of Starbucks reiterated Monday that the arrest of two black men inside one of the coffee chain’s Philadelphia stores is “reprehensible and wrong,” and said he hopes to meet them to discuss a constructive solution. “First, I’d like to apologize to them in person, and I’d like to have a dialogue with them to ensure that the opportunity...

Two black men were handcuffed and taken to a police district after they allegedly refused to leave a Starbucks in Center City, Philadelphia when a cafe manager told them they had to order something, according to witnesses.

Starbucks is ringing in the new year early, debuting its festive and party-ready Black and White Mocha Collection on Wednesday. The coffee chain launched three new drinks, and though black ties may be optional this holiday season, Starbucks said on its website, “the chocolate decadence is a must.” The Black and White Mocha Collection includes the signature espresso by the...

Nestle says it bought a majority stake in Blue Bottle Coffee, a high-end coffee company.

Pumpkin spice mania is upon us — and it’s barely August....
World Market released its annual pre-ground pumpkin spice coffee Tuesday, according to Today.com, joining plenty of other fall-themed products in grocery stores during the peak of summer....
Pumpkin spice versions of Cheerios, Dannon’s yogurt, Ghirardelli’s chocolates, and Starbucks K-cups were all spotted in stores at the end of July....
Though pumpkin spice...