People & Impact

Your morning ritual of drinking coffee is easy to take for granted, but in some areas, farmers may not be able to grow arabica coffee in as soon as 10 years. Starbucks agronomists are fighting to change that.

The Starbucks Foundation drives locally relevant impact in communities where Starbucks operates around the world.

From reinvigorating coffeehouse culture to offering the best jobs in retail to recentering the focus on coffee and human connection, a look at how Starbucks is reconnecting with its roots while evolving for the future.

Farmer Jeff Leber shares a few of his secrets for growing the real pumpkins used in Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes. “We talk sweet to them.”

“The third place is not something we need to reinvent — it’s who we are,” Schultz said.

Narrowed down from 84,000 baristas, Nobuki earns the title of Starbucks Global Barista Champion.

Congrats to Nobuki, Sumayyah, Takahiro and Chico who were named as the finalists out of the 12 baristas who competed over the past two days!

More than 14,000 coffeehouse leaders from across North America are coming together for a high-energy, three-day rally designed to build on the momentum of the company’s “Back to Starbucks” strategy.

Starbucks is bringing 14,000 coffeehouse leaders to Las Vegas for a transformational event as the company accelerates its Back to Starbucks plan.

Narrowed down from 84,000 baristas, Nobuki earns the title of Starbucks Global Barista Champion.