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Activist investor who pushes for change discloses big stake in Starbucks
Posted by Jim Romenesko
Investor Nelson Peltz has disclosed that he owns 842,000 shares in Starbucks. That news sent Starbucks shares up nearly 3% on Friday. Peltz has been known to push for change at companies he has stakes in. Wendy's, for example, bowed...
Starbucks considers using biodegradable material instead of plastic to line t...
Posted by Jim Romenesko
Starbucks reveals in a just release corporate social-responsibility report: * The company recycled some materials in 2,344 of its company-owned stores in the U.S. and Canada last year -- that's just 32% of its company-owned stores in those countries. *...
Who cares when the coffee is "scooped"? It's the roast date that counts.
Posted by Jim Romenesko
Jacob Grier picked up a bag of Starbucks beans at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 12. He later noticed this on the bag: "Freshly roasted on: 5-12-08." What's up here? Grier was told by a former barista that that's when the...
Starbucks unveils its "+Energy" products in US stores today
Posted by Jim Romenesko
The new ingredients can be added to any existing Starbucks handmade beverage by saying "plus energy" at the end of one's order. According to this story, baristas have been trained in how to mix in +Energy, which contains B-vitamins, guarana...
Christian group doesn't have anything better to do than protest Starbucks' logo
Posted by Jim Romenesko
A group calling itself The Resistance complains about a new version of Starbucks' logo that the Christians say "features a topless mermaid with her legs spread." They want people to boycott the coffee company because of it. Of course, Resistance...
OPEN THREAD conversation-starter: Do you think this barista finished his shif...
Posted by Jim Romenesko
I doubt it. (Click on the image to read the sign.) People probably shouted the score at him/her, because that's the way they are. Discuss this sign -- corporate would probably frown on it, but you have to admit it's...
Journalist seeks your stories about Howard Schultz
Posted by Jim Romenesko
David Margolick, an author and former New York Times and Vanity Fair writer [his Wikipedia entry] who now works for Portfolio (a business magazine), sends this email: For a story on Howard Schultz and Starbucks, I'd welcome any thoughts, anecdotes,...
SEXY BEACH READ ON HORIZON
Posted by By CINDY ADAMS
SUMMER's hot read will be the sexed-up novel "Tan Lines," a 21st century "Valley of the Dolls" wherein three lovely lively ladies share a July-August house in the Hamptons. (Humptons?) St. Martin's, the publisher, handed its Page 1 around town last...
CASH WOES HAMMER 'NAILED'
DIRECTOR David O. Russell - who fist-fought with George Clooney making "Three Kings" and exchanged curses with Lily Tomlin on "I ò Huckabees" - isn't to blame for the problems with "Nailed." Shooting in Columbia, SC, has been halted twice because...
TRUMP SUES OVER ISRAEL 'FLIP'
HELL hath no fury like Donald Trump when people use his name to make millions and then don't pay him what he regards as his fair share. Trump is suing luxury condo developer Crescent Heights Diamond, which he says licensed the name "Trump Plaza"...
DRAMA QUEENS
IS Kathie Lee Gifford trying to start a war with "The View"? While conducting a Q&A with Fran Drescher yesterday at the Friars Club, where the nasal-voiced actress and her Cancer Schmancer support group were honored, Gifford suggested she'd been...
MILE-HIGH FRIEND
IS Ryan Kavanaugh making Natalie Portman forget about her current boyfriend, folk singer Devendra Banhart? Kavanaugh, the the executive producer of "21," "Charlie Wilson's War" and "3:10 to Yuma," was spotted getting off a G5 plane in Cannes on...
FAREWELL FIFTH
CHRISTINE Wasserstein, the ex-wife of Lazard Freres chief Bruce Wasserstein, might be planning a move to the Hamptons now that she's engaged to Dan Rattiner, the prolific journalist behind Dan's Papers. Christine, a psychotherapist who contributes...
KEEP IN TOUCH
BONNIE Fuller knows about the power of positive thinking. Having been fired by American Media and losing her office - as well as her car, driver and hair-and-makeup allowances - brave Bonnie is putting the best face on the sad situation. She sent...
ANGEL AFLOAT
DENISE Rich snagged the best berth at Cannes, smack in front of the Hotel Majestic, for her 168-foot yacht, Lady Joy. On May 23, film festival luminaries will be piped on board to support her cancer research charity, just renamed Gabrielle's Angel...
FRANK FURY
FRIENDS of Barbara Sinatra are outraged that Frank's widow wasn't invited by his three children - Nancy, Tina and Frank Jr. - to Tuesday's unveiling of the Sinatra postage stamp. Ann Downey, widow of legendary tenor Morton Downey, told Page Six...
SOUNDS FAMILIAR, MILEY
MILEY Cyrus can't catch a break. Fresh off the Annie Leibovitz saucy photos debacle, it was announced that numbers for her hit show, "Hannah Montana," are tanking. And now, LA-based band Lustra claims Cyrus' song "Rockstar" sounds impossibly similar...
EASY WINDFALL
KANYE West made a quick $1 million helping Casio promote its G-Shock watch at Guastavino's Wednesday night. After keeping such guests as Lindsay Price, Caridee English and Spike Lee waiting for an hour and a half, West performed with four topless...
PLUMP WISDOM
NOW svelte Star Jones has a sense of humor about her plumper, former self. Jones recently hosted a taping of "The Bad Girls Club" reunion special, in which one bad girl accused another of being "a cheeseburger away from being obese." "A huge fight...
WE HEAR . . .
THAT Post Home section editor Andy Wang and MSG interactive programming director Erin Franzman are celebrating their one-day-old marriage tomorrow by making a brownie tower at Django, with a guest list including Laurel Touby, David Rabin, Irv...
SIGHTINGS
HUMA Abedin, Hillary Clinton's aide and shadow, dining à deux with Rep. Anthony Weiner at Almoncello in East Hampton . . . KID Rock sipping single-malt scotch and smoking cigars at the Carnegie Club with restaurateur Trace Ayala, Atlantic Records...
Neighbor Indicted In MySpace Suicide Case
A Missouri woman was indicted today on federal fraud and conspiracy charges for her alleged role in orchestrating a cruel MySpace hoax against a teenage girl who later committed suicide.
Inside The Megan Meier Hoax
The key witness in the Megan Meier case is a 19-year-old woman who has admitted setting up a fake MySpace page at the direction of a Missouri woman who sought to secretly determine whether Meier was "saying bad things" about her daughter.
Charges Expected In Megan Meier Case
Federal prosecutors today are expected to announce criminal charges in the "cyber-bullying" case involving Megan Meier, the 13-year-old Missouri girl who committed suicide last year following a heartless online hoax engineered by the mother of one of her friends.
"Wow, Rock Stars Ask For Some Stupid Crap"
We're not sure who authored the Foo Fighters 2008 tour rider--frontman Dave Grohl, the production manager, a witty roadie--but whoever is responsible for the document deserves much praise.
Mug Shots Of The Week
This week's roundup is titled "Holy Mug Shots, Batman!"
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