Starbucks to hire 10,000 refugees over next 5 years

Starbucks says it will hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years, a response to President Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees and temporary travel bans that apply to six other Muslim-majority nations. Howard Schultz, the coffee retailer’s chairman and CEO, said in a letter to employees Sunday that the hiring would apply to stores worldwide and the effort would start in the United States where the focus would be on hiring immigrants “who have served with U.S. troops as interpreters and support personnel.”

Starbucks Sinks Despite Record Holiday Results

Yet even with such an impressive growth history in the rearview mirror, Starbucks still has to demonstrate to investors that it has the capacity to sustain that growth going forward. Coming into Thursday’s fiscal first-quarter financial report, Starbucks investors expected solid gains in revenue and earnings.

Will Starbucks Grow Even Faster in 2017?

The coffee giant revolutionized the coffeehouse industry in the U.S., and along the way, Starbucks has expanded its reach across the globe and has made its presence almost ubiquitous domestically. Yet as investors prepare for Starbucks’ fiscal first-quarter results on Thursday, some worry that the company might start to have difficulty sustaining its past growth rates indefinitely.

7 Starbucks items that failed spectacularly

Starbucks is constantly coming out with new drinks and products to keep customers coming back again and again for a fresh twist on their caffeine fix. We rounded up some of Starbucks’ biggest fails with the help of Melody Overton, a Seattle attorney who runs the blog StarbucksMelody.com .