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Blogs
March 26, 2012
National Organization for Marriage Calls for Starbucks Boycott
Back in January, Seattle-based Starbucks endorsed a Washington bill to legalize gay marriage in the state (it eventually passed and will take effect in early June). Predictably, the National Organization for Marriage, one of the largest anti-gay marriage groups in the country, flipped out ("America ... More >>
Blogs
March 21, 2012
Starbucks has Venti Recycling Goals
If you've ever finished your drink in a Starbucks cafe, then looked around in vain for a recycling bin in which to deposit the empty cup, you're not alone. With less than 10% of Starbucks in Los Angeles County having customer recycling bins, a lot of our cups end up in landfills. There are 364 compa ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2010
Starbucks Makes Wi-Fi Free: How To Cater To Unemployed Writers
After years of bad press (global expansionism, burnt beans, the invention of the frappuccino) Starbucks may finally have found a way to endear itself to one vast, growing segment of the populace, and especially the populace here in Los Angeles. No, not reality television stars, but unemployed, lapto ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2010
A Q & A With SCAA's Ric Rhinehart, Part 2: Coffee Geekdom, The 4th Wave Starbucks
SCAAIn the first part of our interview with the Specialty Coffee Association of America's's Ric Rhinehart, Rhinehart discussed Arianna Huffington, the definition of cupping (no, it is neither a baseball nor a lingerie term), and the utterly serious question of how much coffee he drinks. Turn ... More >>
Eat+Drink
March 13, 2008
La Mill: The Latest Buzz
The next generation of coffee cuisine