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Starbucks apologizes after Bearista cup launch sparks chaos: 'Exceeded even our biggest expectations'
Fox Business ^ | November 7, 2025

Posted on 11/08/2025 4:12:34 PM PST by Cecily

Starbucks has issued an apology to customers after the release of its limited-edition teddy bear–shaped holiday cup sparked chaos.

The Seattle-based coffee giant launched its 2025 holiday menu and merchandise on Thursday, including the Glass Starbucks Bearista Cold Cup, which retails for $29.95.

The collectible cup — shaped like a bear and topped with a green beanie lid — went viral online and sold out quickly, leaving fans scrambling to get their hands on one.

"The excitement for our merchandise exceeded even our biggest expectations and, despite shipping more Bearista cups to coffeehouses than almost any other merchandise item this holiday season, the Bearista cup and some other items sold out fast," a Starbucks spokesperson told FOX Business in an email.

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Starbucks getting the jump on some Black Friday-style stupidity and hype.
1 posted on 11/08/2025 4:12:34 PM PST by Cecily
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To: Cecily

This just adds to the other zillion reasons we will not get near a Starbutts.

Life is too short to consume Starbutts.


2 posted on 11/08/2025 4:17:58 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try )
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To: Cecily

Don’t forget about the influencers as well.


3 posted on 11/08/2025 4:18:27 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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4 posted on 11/08/2025 4:18:45 PM PST by Liz ("Socialism is a wonderful idea. It's just that in practice it's been disastrous." —Thomas Sowell.)
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To: Cecily

I wonder if any of the same people scrambling for these also voted for a certain socialist in a certain major American city…


5 posted on 11/08/2025 4:20:37 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Liz

These bears are definitely cuter and more worthwhile than other things Starbucks has offered up in the past! 🧸🍯☕️


6 posted on 11/08/2025 4:22:04 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Most likely.


7 posted on 11/08/2025 4:23:56 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Very cute item.


8 posted on 11/08/2025 4:26:17 PM PST by Liz ("Socialism is a wonderful idea. It's just that in practice it's been disastrous." —Thomas Sowell.)
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To: Liz

That’s what people are flipping out over??

They must be putting Retard Juice in all the Starbucks drinks.


9 posted on 11/08/2025 4:26:21 PM PST by Allegra (“Knock it off!” Thank you for everything, JimRob. R.I.P. ♥️)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

But not worth $30.


10 posted on 11/08/2025 4:27:44 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: Cecily

Adorable. Almost makes me want to try a Starbucks for the first time.


11 posted on 11/08/2025 4:30:50 PM PST by mairdie
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To: Liz
They look very similar to what we had up here in the great white north for Kraft Peanut Butter jars ages ago now. There were a number of styles. Here are a couple.


12 posted on 11/08/2025 4:31:12 PM PST by xp38
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Yes. Next question.


13 posted on 11/08/2025 4:32:21 PM PST by matt04 ( )
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To: Cecily

Peoples is stoopid.


14 posted on 11/08/2025 4:33:43 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”
H.L. Mencken


15 posted on 11/08/2025 4:36:08 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: Apparatchik

Yes I brought a very nice cup thermos at the local thrift store.

For 50 cents.

Wait a couple of year they well be the same price there.


16 posted on 11/08/2025 4:38:34 PM PST by riverrunner
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Bear? What happened to the fish-tailed chick? Gone the way of the Land O'Lakes squaw Indian indigenous person?
17 posted on 11/08/2025 4:47:35 PM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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To: Steven Scharf

Yet, some would likely kill for one of them.


18 posted on 11/08/2025 4:54:32 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: Liz

Some people need a life. I used to buy honey in a jar that looked like that.


19 posted on 11/08/2025 4:55:37 PM PST by Ditto
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Can you eat 1000 year old honey?
Yes, honey that is 1000 years old can still be edible due to its unique properties, and archaeologists have found 3,000-year-old honey that was still safe to eat.
You can put honey on a wound. It acts like an antiseptic.
$30 for a little glass bear. Many of these purchasers (I imagine) are millennials who just can’t seem to come up with the down for a home purchase ...
Why, when I was a young man (grumbling continues)


20 posted on 11/08/2025 5:04:24 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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