Mar. 15, 2025
Starbucks coffee.Photo:Spencer Platt/Getty
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Starbucks knows how to brighten up a Monday!
The coffee chain is offering one free “post-game day” coffee to customers on Monday, Feb. 10 as a reward for “going big” at Sunday’sSuper Bowl.
The company announced in apress releasethat Rewards members will be able to get their hands on one free tall hot or iced coffee on what is now being hailed as “Starbucks Monday.”
Mar. 15, 2025
Starbucks' new Iced Cherry Chai.Photo:Starbucks
Starbucks
Starbucks has a sweet and spiced new sip to welcome spring.Starting on Tuesday, March 4, customers can order the new Iced Cherry Chai, a black tea infused with cinnamon, clove and other spices, combined with milk and ice and topped with cherry cream cold foam and a cherry crunch topping.PEOPLE got an early taste of the buzzy new beverage and was impressed with how well the warm spices complemented the fruity flavor of the foam and crunch.
Mar. 15, 2025
Pedestrians carrying shopping bags walk past a Starbucks Coffee storefront in a modern shopping district on Jan. 26, 2025, in Chongqing, China.Photo:Cheng Xin/Getty
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Starbucksis cutting nearly a third of its menu.During the coffee chain’s earnings call on Tuesday, Jan. 28, CEO Brian Niccol announced a “roughly 30% reduction in both beverages and food." However, the chain has yet to announce which items are getting cut.
“We have to clear the noise out both in food and beverage menus,” the executive said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.
Mar. 15, 2025
Visitors are pictured at the new Starbucks store in Aegibong Peace Ecopark in Gimpo, South Korea, on Nov. 29, 2024.Photo:SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty
Starbucks has tens of thousands of coffee shops around the world, but their latest might be in one of the most unique locations yet.
The store is close to the demilitarized zone (DMZ), which separates the two war-divided Koreas and is about 31 miles northwest of Seoul,Reutersreported.
Mar. 15, 2025
A Starbucks ‘for here’ mug available to use in stores.Photo:Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks
Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks
Free refills are now available atStarbucksfor customers who chose to “stay awhile.”
The cafe chain just announced that it is bringing back some of its fan-favorite coffeehouse amenities, including the choice to order a beverage “for here,” which includes the ability to refill some drinks free of charge.
Starting Monday, Jan. 27, at participating Starbucks locations, baristas will ask every customer whether they would like to take their food and beverages to go or to enjoy them in stores.