Starbucks is hiring more baristas: Here’s why

Starbucks is hiring more baristas: Here’s why

The company tested increasing staff numbers in a handful of stores in 2024.

Starbucks is embracing a tough cost-cutting method that's led workers elsewhere to bring their own coffee to work

Starbucks headquarters in SeattleREUTERS/David RyderStarbucks is planning to use zero-based budgeting starting during its next fiscal year.The coffee chain is trying to cut expenses to pay for its turnaround efforts.Other companies have used zero-based budgeting, though some appear to have cut perks too deeply.Starbucks is planning to use a cost-cutting method with a tough reputation as it continues its turnaround.The method, called zero-based b…

Starbucks Is Hiring In-Store Human Workers After Replacing People With Machines — and Finding It Didn't Work

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is hiring new baristas at 3,000 Starbucks locations globally after finding that technology couldn't replace a human touch.

Starbucks' latest strategic pivot involves less automation, more baristas

Starbucks plans to hire more baristas at thousands of stores starting in May as the coffee chain looks to improve customer service.

Starbucks and unionized baristas locked in a wage standoff

Bargaining talks between Starbucks and union remain strained

Starbucks, which announced one of its largest layoffs in February, announced this week that it would hire more baristas for about 3,000 of its coffee shops.