Jan 14, 2025 · Starbucks’ move is a reversal of its on-and-off relationship offering bathroom access to the general public. Limiting restroom access comes at a time when many US cities and suburbs lack ...

Jan 14, 2025 · Starbucks has introduced a policy that will require people to make a purchase if they want to hang out in their cafes or use the restroom. It's part of a strategy that the new CEO hopes customers ...

Jan 13, 2025 · Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a policy that invited everyone into its stores. A new code of conduct – which will be posted in all company-owned North American stores – also bans discrimination or harassment, consumption of outside alcohol, smoking, vaping, drug use and panhandling.

Jan 22, 2025 · Starbucks’ decision to restrict its restrooms to paying customers has flushed out a wider problem: a patchwork of restroom policies that has left Americans confused and divided over who gets to use the loo and when. Rules about restroom access in restaurants vary by state, city and county.

Jul 21, 2022 · Starbucks has at times embraced an open-bathroom policy, and shied away from it at others. Now, the coffee chain is effectively saying it can’t be America’s public toilet any longer....

6 days ago · Many said Starbucks had the right to restrict restroom access to paying customers. “I do think it’s up to Starbucks to set the atmosphere in their stores,” Paul Skinner, 76, a retired firefighter in Daytona Beach, Florida, told The Associated Press. “If they’ve decided that their paying customers are going to be better served by ...

Jan 14, 2025 · If you want to hang out or use the restroom at Starbucks, you’re going to have to buy something. Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a policy that invited everyone into its stores. A new...

Jan 14, 2025 · Starbucks said visitors to the coffee shops would be required to buy something in order to use the restroom or stay in the store, as the company’s new chief executive responded to a decline in ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Starbucks will soon require visitors to buy something to use the bathroom or to get free water.; Some store employees say that limiting those amenities to paying customers might not be possible ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Starbucks has implemented a policy change limiting restroom access to paying customers in the US, reversing a 2018 open-door policy that allowed anyone to use its facilities or spend time in its stores without making a purchase, reported the Associated Press.The new policy, part of Starbucks’ updated code of conduct, also bans behaviors like smoking, vaping, …