Who is Anand Varadarajan? Starbucks appoints Indian national as chief technology officer

Starbucks said on Friday it appointed an Indian national Anand Varadarajan as its new Chief Technology Officer, effective January 19. The move supports CEO Brian Niccol’s push for a tech revamp in stores to make labour more efficient. Varadarajan will replace Deb Hall Lefevre, who stepped down in September, after which Starbucks named Ningyu Chen […]

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Starbucks to Burger King: US brands rethink China strategy

US multinationals are increasingly aiming to derisk from China amid souring trade ties. Complaints about red tape and favoritism mask a harsher truth: China’s market is brutally competitive and local rivals are winning.When Starbucks opened its first store in Beijing in 1999, it wasn’t just selling coffee; it was selling Western aspirations to China’s rising […]

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‘What do you call a sick eagle?’: Texas woman accuses Starbucks of making ‘offensive’ joke, keeps cup as proof

A Hispanic woman living in Texas received her Starbucks drink with this joke. (Photo: CBS News) Blanca Lopez, a Hispanic woman living in Irving, Texas said she has been subjected to an insensitive joke by the barista of a Starbucks store. The incident took place Monday when Lopez visited the Starbucks inside a Target story […]

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Boycott Starbucks: MAGA wants to boycott Starbucks as employees stopped work to protest ‘kidnapping’ by ICE

Starbucks employees held a protest against ICE detention and deportation by stopping their work earlier this month. MAGA activists called for a boycott of Starbucks on Saturday as the unions in some cities recently held a casework protesting against the detention of their co-workers by ICE. The protest took place earlier this month, but the […]

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