Posted on 03/22/2017 5:51:20 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
NEW YORK (AP) Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz presided over his last annual shareholder meeting as head of the company Wednesday by standing by its pledge to hire refugees and expanding on previously announced goals to hire veterans and at-risk youth.
The moves underscored the progressive image Schultz has helped cultivate for Starbucks as he prepares to cede the CEO job next month to Starbucks President Kevin Johnson.
Schultz, who will remain executive chairman, defended the promise on refugees to a shareholder who criticized his willingness to have the company's reputation "take a beating" over it. The pledge came after President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning refugees from seven Muslim majority nations, and had prompted some calls for a boycott of Starbucks.
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And we stand by our pledges not to patronize your businesses.
Love that goat milk mocha. No, really I do.
Check out his book on extreme leadership and upcoming book "Discipline Equals Freedom".
Has a cool podcast too if you are into that sort of thing. I listen at the gym.
Starbucks can kiss my A$$.
Never have bought any of their crap, never will.
But the last place in the world I would go to get a cup of coffee is a place that has employees who wipe their ass with their bare hand.
Left-right, I don’t give a damn, that dirty animal is not touching anything I ever want to touch, much less ingest.
I was kind of having a hard time between that and the Decaptiationccino.
That’s a relief, I’d hate it if they went all patriotic and I had to actually drink that swill.
Doubling down on stupid. This guy might as well strafe his company.
will they spit in your coffee? They hate coffee you know. Its not halal.
I therefore stand by my pledge not to buy anything in a Starbucks.
(full disclosure: I think I have had 2 or 3 cups of their coffee over the years....I don’t like their coffee or their stores long before this. I would only get their coffee if no other shop around. Now I can wail til later for a cup)
+1. I will never set foot in a Starbuck’s.
Traditionally, the right is used for eating, the left hand is used for wiping butt. A muslim would likely recoil if you offered your left hand for a hand shake. Depending on the situation you might get stabbed.
They will never stop being anti-American no mater what they claim.
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