# Starbucks

Last year

2022

# trademark row

Iraqi firms violating international trademarks to face crackdown

A chain of fake Starbucks has been operating under the international coffee company’s logo in Baghdad.

11.4k

Dec 28th 2022, 6:28 PM

# Starbucks

Starbucks quits Russian market in wake of invasion of Ukraine

Starbucks said it decided to close its 130 stores and no longer have a brand presence in Russia.

15.8k

May 23rd 2022, 6:00 PM

All time

# WRC

Dublin Starbucks outlet ordered to pay €12k to customer after employee drew 'slanty' eyes on cup

A spokesperson for Starbucks said they are “deeply sorry” the incident occured.

39.1k

Jan 19th 2021, 1:52 PM

# Big Bucks

Starbucks wins appeal in EU court over €30 million European Commission tax fine

Ireland is also battling a similar fine levied against tech giant Apple over its Irish-based operations.

8.7k

Sep 24th 2019, 2:51 PM

# Shuttered

Following a three-year feud with Cork council, Starbucks has closed its Patrick Street store

The Irish operators of the coffee chain have opened numerous unauthorised outlets in recent years.

36.0k

Sep 22nd 2018, 10:45 AM

# retail and services

Following a three-year feud with Cork council, Starbucks has closed its Patrick Street store

The Irish operators of the coffee chain have opened numerous unauthorised outlets in recent years.

2.7k

Sep 20th 2018, 4:02 PM

# Dispute

Starbucks has lost its third planning battle over an 'unauthorised' café in Cork

The dispute in relation to the Patrick Street outlet has spanned several years.

16.6k

Aug 18th 2018, 6:00 AM

# Starbucks

Indonesian cleric sentenced to death over terror attack

Four people died in the attack at a Starbucks café in 2016.

14.4k

Jun 22nd 2018, 2:36 PM

# you had one job

CNN accidentally used footage of Jimmy Carr pretending to work in Starbucks for a story

The footage was from a 2012 sketch where Jimmy worked as a barista for a day.

7.8k

May 31st 2018, 12:45 PM

# discrmination

Starbucks closes more than 8,000 stores in US for racial bias training

The move was prompted by the arrest of two black men who’d been sitting in a Philadelphia branch.

11.6k

May 29th 2018, 9:31 PM

# back in four hours

Starbucks to close 8,000 outlets in the US to educate staff against racial bias

The coffee giant has refused to grant media access to the training sessions.

10.3k

May 28th 2018, 6:05 AM

# Philadelphia

Black men arrested at Starbucks settle case for $1 - and a $200k youth programme

The entrepreneur programme will be for Philadelphia public high school students.

39.2k

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May 2nd 2018, 6:53 PM

# crisis management

Starbucks to close 8,000 US stores for a day to give staff 'racial-bias education'

An incident where police were called because two black men hadn’t bought anything in a branch went viral last week.

14.1k

Apr 18th 2018, 7:42 AM

# Philadelphia

Starbucks CEO apologises after two black men arrested in café while waiting for a friend

A video of the incident on Twitter was viewed millions of times.

39.6k

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Apr 16th 2018, 8:29 AM

# coffee shops

Starbucks has faced almost no penalty for opening stores without planning approval

Two councils are taking legal action against the coffee giant, but things are moving slowly.

9.3k

Mar 8th 2018, 10:14 AM

# London

No jail time for man who put camera in Starbucks toilet

A member of the public spotted the device last month and alerted the police.

24.0k

Dec 6th 2017, 10:12 PM

# London

Man charged with voyeurism after hiding a camera in a Starbucks toilet

Anthony Dines (31), of Shortlands Road, Kingston Upon Thames, was arrested in New Malden on Wednesday, 22 November.

19.9k

Nov 27th 2017, 9:26 AM

# coffee in cork city

'I'm not averse to a Starbucks, but not playing by the rules is frustrating'

Cork cafés organised a free coffee morning after a similar event was held in Dublin last week.

24.8k

Sep 13th 2017, 3:29 PM

# cup of joe

Dublin cafés give out free coffee in protest against Starbucks expansion

The initiative was started by one business owner who was unhappy to hear about a new Starbucks opening.

79.3k

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Sep 5th 2017, 8:52 AM

# Planning Permission

Cork city taking Starbucks to court to close its Patrick Street shop

Starbucks has had numerous applications for planning permission turned down since it opened the store in 2015.

65.3k

Aug 2nd 2017, 12:32 PM

# student gaffs

8 things you could buy for the cost of rent in the new student accommodation in Dublin

That’s a lot of instant noodles.

7.0k

Jul 18th 2017, 9:00 PM

# cuppa joe

There are now *51* Starbucks branches in Co. Dublin, thanks to a new one opening on Aungier Street

Ah here.

9.1k

Apr 12th 2017, 9:00 PM

# deep clean needed

Cockroaches, raw sewage, and a live rodent - here's why Irish food businesses were shut down in 2016

62 Irish restaurants and takeaways were shut last year for an awful lot of different reasons.

41.4k

Mar 13th 2017, 12:05 AM

# wake up sheeple

People think Starbucks is spelling your name wrong on purpose

It’s a CONSPIRACY.

4.7k

Dec 14th 2016, 10:02 PM

# Hot Water

Fingal Council takes case against Starbucks in Swords after Bord Pleanála finding

A spokesman for Starbucks EMEA in London said it expected its licensees to comply with local planning.

24.0k

Nov 18th 2016, 3:14 PM

# thanks a latte

Starbucks and school canteen among 10 premises ordered to shut over food safety fears

Pubs, hotel restaurants and country clubs have been served closure orders.

43.7k

Oct 6th 2016, 1:07 PM

# Big Bucks

Why does Starbucks keep opening stores without planning permission?

Multiple outlets of the international coffee chain have fallen foul of planning laws in recent months.

55.2k

Sep 14th 2016, 6:07 AM

# Waterford

Starbucks open another store without planning permission, and the local council isn't happy

The multinational has also operated three cafés without planning permission in Cork for the past 18 months.

49.5k

Sep 12th 2016, 5:12 PM

# Mean girls

This mam is going viral for calling out 3 'mean girls' she overheard in a café

“You are smart and you are pretty. It would take nothing from you to also be kind.”

9.8k

Jun 7th 2016, 9:13 AM

# best served cold

American woman sues Starbucks over the proportion of ice in their iced drinks

She is seeking damages and restitution, potentially on behalf of anyone in America who’s bought an iced drink at Starbucks since 2006.

30.7k

May 2nd 2016, 10:03 PM

# coffee wars

There are 21 Starbucks in Dublin city centre - so what do independent coffee shops think?

We asked them.

37.3k

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Apr 10th 2016, 1:59 PM

# Starbucks

There are 21 Starbucks in Dublin city centre -- so what do independent coffee shops think?

We asked them.

9.7k

Apr 10th 2016, 11:00 AM

# Energy Drinks

Here's the maximum amount of caffeine you should drink in a day

The amount of caffeine in various drinks — or even the same drink from a different chain — can vary dramatically.

100k

Apr 3rd 2016, 8:00 PM

# cyo ban

Siobhan is probably the Irish name Starbucks struggles with the most

It’s a hard knock life.

7.5k

Mar 18th 2016, 3:45 PM

# Creative Quarter

City councillor lodges complaint over new Starbucks in Dublin

The new Starbucks outlet has raised questions about the the over-saturation of big brands in the city.

51.6k

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Mar 14th 2016, 6:15 AM

# as if

A girl told Starbucks her name was Beyoncé, and they put her right back in her place

That’ll learn her.

8.8k

Feb 25th 2016, 5:22 PM

# sound out

This Starbucks employee's act of kindness to a deaf customer is just the best

“She asked me “what you want drink?” in sign language.”

9.6k

Feb 23rd 2016, 7:26 PM

# Indonesia

Jakarta attack: Police identify extremist who may have plotted attacks

At least two people were killed in the early morning blasts, the first mass attack in the Indonesian capital since the bombings of two hotels in 2009.

35.5k

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Jan 14th 2016, 10:23 PM

# dammit

Starbucks just can't stop butchering Irish names on their cups

Every damn time.

6.9k

Jan 14th 2016, 6:53 PM

# Shame

Starbucks kept getting this woman's name wrong so she took a picture each time

And they’re so wrong.

7.4k

Jan 8th 2016, 8:31 AM