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Starbucks China to Require Purchases for Seating From Oct. 22
- Starbucks China will require customers to make a purchase before using seats in its cafes nationwide starting October 22.
- The company will invest more than 300 million yuan to improve its stores, including adding peak-hour staff, upgrading systems and equipment, and renovating about 1,000 outlets.
- The policy comes as Starbucks China faces intensifying competition from cheaper local chains such as Luckin Coffee.
- Starbucks China has reported comparable-store sales declines for the past two fiscal years, although sales began showing signs of recovery earlier this fiscal year.
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The measure already has precedents in the United States and Canada, where Starbucks again demanded, in January 2025, that customers make purchases to use the facilities, including the bathrooms
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Beijing, Oct 21 (EFE).- The US chain Starbucks will begin this Thursday to demand customers make a consumption to occupy a seat in its more than 8,000 establishments in China, a measure that already applies in North America and that has generated opinions divided among consumers in the Asian country. Starbucks China confirmed this [...] The Starbucks entry will require consuming to occupy a seat in its coffee shops in China was first published i…
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