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...In an open letter published at the end of last year, the company’s chief executive Laxman Narasimhan said Starbucks stores “have experienced incidents of vandalism” in cities around the world, including...
...After some workers unionised, Starbucks has started the bargaining process in more than 200 stores, he said....
...Despite closing all of its UK stores during the first lockdown last year, Starbucks only permanently shut three UK stores and did not claim any government support....
...“Starbucks was not at its best in managing through the pandemic in relation to the people in our stores,” Schultz says....
...Still, corporations are trying to keep their plans on track there. Starbucks aims to have 9,000 stores in China by 2025, which will mean opening one every nine hours on average....
...The US legal system arguably favours corporations in such confrontations....
...Michela TinderaAnd how is Starbucks, the corporation, reacted to all of this?...
...Last year’s elections at Starbucks stores in Buffalo quickly turned acrimonious as the union accused the company of flooding the stores with new employees to dilute support....
...Apple Store workers said they were galvanised by successful efforts at Starbucks, where staff at dozens of stores in at least 19 states have taken steps to form unions....
...“Corporations are still able to union bust with impunity,” Brisack said. “And there’s no real way for [the union] to counter that....
...The number of unionised Starbucks stores has increased and the company has announced it is investing $1bn in its employees and stores, including pay raises....
...The UK tax year begins on April 1 when the main rate of corporation tax rises from 19 per cent to 25 per cent on profits over £250,000. Easter Sunday falls on April 9....
...ExxonMobil plans to build a network of carbon capture and storage facilities across south-east Asia to store carbon emitted from Singapore’s power stations and factories....
...This article is the latest part of the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign The writer is co-CEO and president of Ariel Investments, chair of the Starbucks Corporation and a director of JPMorgan...
...Starbucks, which launched in Europe in 1998, now operates about 3,500 stores across 43 countries in the region....
...It is often thought that small business owners toil away in the misguided belief that their company is destined to become the next mega-corporation....
...Still, employees have levelled complaints about their experiences while working in Walmart stores....
...Starbucks said it was also exploring smaller store formats and increasing its number of “drive thru” stores to cater for changing patterns of coffee consumption....
...Payments technology is expanding and cryptocurrencies offer a future alternative to using banks to store and move money....
...Starbucks offers three vegetarian choices, including lasagne and wraps, made with the California-based company’s beef alternative at its more than 4,000 stores....
...Starbucks same-store sales growth, a good measure of underlying demand, has been robust. But policymakers worry that this resilience may not last....
...Starbucks could not provide a figure for how many stores would be new, as opposed to renovated....
...Luckin's core business is delivery and takeaway coffee, and unlike Starbucks many of its stores do not have seating, allowing it to expand more rapidly....
...Starbucks has more than 3,300 cafés in China. Luckin has gone from two stores in January last year to more than 2,000 early this year....
...“There’s a lot of people who have had great success in the Trump economy, and a lot of corporations that have made a lot of money....
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