Posted on 03/23/2017 9:52:53 AM PDT by Twotone
Starbuck’s CEO, Howard Schultz, has signaled he may have made a decision between his duty to the shareholders and nearly-200,000 worldwide employees of the multi-billion dollar company in favor of a political career.
Schultz will be stepping down from his position in April of this year after a series of politically calculated, but financially devastating moves that found the coffee giant on the wrong side of the consumer one too many times, throwing the company’s stock into free fall.
Two years ago, the Starbucks brand took a hit after initiating a policy requiring young baristas to “engage” in discussion and debate with customers about their unsuspected prejudices on race and publishing an eight-page newspaper insert questioning readers racial questions such as how many friends of a different race they have, how often they share a meal with a person of another race, and the percentage of people in their Facebook stream are of another race.
(Excerpt) Read more at usherald.com ...
I hate Starbucks. They attacked my Christmas Holiday celebration. I have been out two years!
Starbucks to Hire More Vets After Backlash to Refugee Hiring Plan
Starbucks announced a new plan of hiring 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2025.
In its announcement Wednesday, the coffee chain highlighted that it has already reached its goal - set in 2013 - of hiring 10,000 veterans and military spouses within five years.
Starbucks has now expanded its total commitment by 15,000.
“The numbers don’t tell the story. The story is the unbelievable heart, conscience, integrity, leadership skills of the people that we have been fortunate enough to bring into our company,” said Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO and chairman.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/23/starbucks-hiring-veterans-after-backlash-refugee-plan
Not really. He is off to his political reward now. Kind of like Obama’s my work here is done photo shop with the ruins behind him.
Stupid SHOULD hurt.
This A hole is in love with himself as much as Obama is in love with himself. In other words, a psychopath.
Too little too late.
If Howie doesn’t leave, I won’t buy it.
Yeah, sure. Hiring ISIS veterans.
How do these liberal nits like Schultz get in charge of a large company? He is far from the only CEO like this.
I’m seeing Starbucks coffee on the reduced price shelf at Kroger. Even at the grocery store level Starbucks is failing.
Their coffee is ok, but McDonald’s coffee is better. McDonald’s coffee is a better value, too. Starbucks is ok once in a while.
That's really not a bad (innocent typo) mistake, overall....
From an online dictionary:
im·plac·a·ble [imˈplakəb(ə)l]
ADJECTIVE
unable to be placated: "he was an implacable enemy of Ted's" synonyms: unappeasable · unforgiving · unsparing · inexorable · [more]
How's this for a new word??? ....
im·plac·a·tion
[imˈplakə shun]
NOUN
An action that fails to placate your enemy.
I wouldn’t drink Starbucks if it was free
Uh... he founded the company.
NOT so!! Their CEO came out saying that they were still going to hire refugees! I think this is a fake story to fake out the people!
I will ‘feel good’ when every last Starbucks is shut down and they are a part of history...................
“Schultz will be stepping down from his position in April of this year after a series of politically calculated, but financially devastating moves that found the coffee giant on the wrong side of the consumer one too many times, throwing the company’s stock into free fall.”
It would not appear by any analysis that Starbucks stock is in ‘free fall.’
This must be fake news.
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