Business Starbucks, trying to reverse sluggish sales, discontinues olive oil drinks to simplify its menu Starbucks said Wednesday that it's discontinuing its Oleato olive-oil infused beverages at most locations, as part of an effort to streamline the chain’s menu. Associated Press
Business Supreme Court, siding with Starbucks, makes it harder for NLRB to win court orders in labor disputes Associated Press
Business Starbucks union negotiations resume after long impasse Unionized Starbucks stores sent more than 150 delegates to Atlanta Wednesday to resume talks between Starbucks and Workers United, the union representing more than 400 stores. Monica Nickelsburg
Business Starbucks will allow customers to use their own cups for mobile, drive-thru orders Customers can now use their own clean reusable cups for mobile and drive-thru orders at any participating stores across the United States and Canada. Katie Campbell
Business Amazon, Starbucks worker unions are in limbo, even as UAW and others triumph Amazon workers formed their first union. And at Starbucks, 380 stores are unionized, but not one has a contract. But the big, established unions have won big raises for workers. Andrea Hsu
Business Starbucks could be forced to reopen 23 shuttered stores in union case Federal labor regulators want to order Starbucks to reopen 23 stores that it shuttered during a wave of unionization at the company. Paige Browning
Food CosMc's lands in Illinois, as McDonald's tests its new coffee-centered concept The beverage-first McDonald's spinoff, named for a six-handed extraterrestrial, seems to be a grab at markets currently served by the likes of Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts. Bill Chappell
Business Starbucks workers take to the picket line in Seattle and across U.S. Starbucks’ signature holiday drinks may come with a shot of guilt today for customers sympathetic to the labor movement. Monica Nickelsburg
National Thousands of Starbucks workers go on a one-day strike on one of chain's busiest days Workers at more than 200 U.S. Starbucks locations walked off the job Thursday in what organizers said was the largest strike yet in the two-year-old effort to unionize the company's stores. The Associated Press
National Starbucks increases U.S. hourly wages and adds other benefits for non-union workers The company said Monday unionized workers won't be eligible for some of those perks, a sign of the continuing tension between the Seattle coffee giant and the union trying to organize its U.S. stores. The Associated Press
