Starbucks (SBUX) is making big changes in the name of safety. In lieu of its 2018-era goal to become the “third place” where ...

Starbucks' policy requiring purchases in order to use restrooms or hang out at the coffee shops began today. The chain's free ...

did not even sell brewed coffee – just beans, teas and spices for customers to use at home. Starbucks recently reversed its open-door policy and will soon require patrons to make a purchase if ...

not including licensed stores such as Starbucks locations in airports or inside Target stores. Starbucks' former guideline, called the "Third Place Policy," previously welcomed customers "to use ...

And workers might call local police to handle those not adhering to Starbucks's new code of conduct. This week, Starbucks announced that it is reversing its open-door policy in all its company ...

and says the store may call law enforcement, if necessary. Starbucks said employees would receive training on enforcing the new policy. The new rules reverse an open-door policy put in place in ...

Starbucks is rolling out another ... including a controversial walk-back on its "open-door" policy that now makes it so non-paying customers are no longer welcome to just hang out inside the ...

The new policy — whose stated goal is to ... “because we don’t want anyone at Starbucks to feel as if we are not giving access to you to the bathroom because you are less than.” ...