Earlier this month, the 54-year-old company shared plans to implement a Coffeehouse Code of Conduct where only paying ...

Starbucks ended a 7-year-old policy that invited anyone to hang out in its stores or use its restrooms, regardless of whether ...

Some baristas anticipate an increase in customer altercations due to a new policy requiring an item purchase to use the ...

Starbucks is ending its open-door policy, which allows anyone to use its restrooms or hang out without making a purchase.

Starbucks, long synonymous with the idea of a "third place" between home and work, has reversed its open-door policy.

The new code of conduct also bans discrimination or harassment, consumption of alcohol, smoking, drug use, and panhandling in ...

Starbucks recently reversed its open-door policy and will soon require patrons to make a purchase if they wish to use a restroom or hang out in the store. News of the policy change was met with a ...

And the people needing to use the facilities aren’t just people out on a shopping trip. They are Uber drivers, Amazon drivers ...

Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee chain, has been in business since 1971. It recently reversed its open-door policy — and ...

Starbucks announced reversing its open-door policy, initially introduced in 2018 to promote inclusivity. From January 2025, ...

Starbucks said employees would receive training on enforcing the new policy. The new rules reverse an open-door policy put in place in 2018, after two Black men were arrested at a Philadelphia ...

The company moved to an open-door policy in 2018 after two Black men were arrested at a Starbucks location in Philadelphia while waiting for a friend. One of them asked to use the restroom and ...