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☆ Starbucks is giving away free fall drinks every Thursday through Sept. 28: Here’s how to get yours
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Pumpkin spice season is finally upon us, and Starbucks is wasting no time getting in on the action. Every Thursday from Sept. 7 until Sept. 28, the coffee giant will be running a buy-one-get-one offer on its fall drink lineup. To receive the free drinks, you'll need to download the Starbucks app and create an account. The offer can only be redeemed once per week, and cannot be used on drinks that cost more than $10. Starbucks' iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Persons: Apple Crisp, Peter Dukes, whittle, Dukes, Warren Buffett Organizations: Starbucks Locations: Washington ,, Vancouver

☆ When Coco Gauff and Zendaya Need Tennis Tips, They Ask Brad Gilbert
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Matthew Futterman | More About Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Brad Gilbert — tennis junkie, junkballer, commentator, coach of legends — had roughly seven minutes to trade his coaching hat for a microphone, to shift from helping Coco Gauff manage her third-round match Friday night to interviewing Novak Djokovic in the tunnel before his. That match, by the way, ended just after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, and Gilbert had spent Friday afternoon calling matches before heading to Gauff’s courtside box. It was well after 2 a.m. when he got back to the New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott. Then he spent an hour analyzing the video of the match that Gauff’s next opponent, Caroline Wozniacki, had won that afternoon. Andre Agassi had him at his side when he won the U.S. Open in 1994, as did Andy Roddick, in 2003.

Persons: Brad Gilbert —, —, Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic, Gilbert, Gauff’s, Caroline Wozniacki, “, ” Gilbert, Billie Jean King, Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick Organizations: New York LaGuardia, Marriott, a.k.a, Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, U.S

☆ EV owners are fed up with charging stations that lack bathrooms, snacks, and even trash cans
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

EV charging stations sometimes lack simple amenities like 24-hour bathrooms, food, and trash cans. That's because charging stations today often lack basic amenities that we take for granted at gas stations: things like bathrooms, rain and sun cover, food options, and even trash cans. AdvertisementAdvertisementIf electric cars really are going to be the future, experts told Insider, the experience at charging stations needs to get a whole lot more convenient. Rove, a startup, is working on huge charging stations with grocery stores, fresh espresso, and 24/7 lounges. Rove, a startup, is working on huge charging stations with grocery stores, fresh espresso, and 24/7 lounges.

Persons: that's, Tim Levin, I'm, JD Power, Brent Gruber, Gruber, EVs weren't, Loren McDonald, Brendan Jones, Rove, Rove Blink, Jones, Tesla Organizations: EV, Morning, JD Locations: waded, America

☆ He’s Worked a Lot of Odd Jobs, and Has the Poems to Prove It
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jeff Gordinier | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

You can pick up the echo in “Fixer," the haunting second collection of poems from Edgar Kunz. The narrator of these poems bounces from one side hustle to another, each more absurd than the last. In “Model,” he’s paid to pose in jeans at a gas station. In “Shoulder Season,” he’s paid to slice window panes out of massive sheets of glass. I am notany of those things, but I amnot comfortedNo one will accuse Edgar Kunz of being out of step with the zeitgeist.

Persons: Edgar Kunz, Herman Melville, noncompliant scrivener, ”, Charles Bukowski’s, Edgar Kunz ., ” he’s, Kunz, —, you’re, WillRobotsTakeMyJob.Com, Edgar Kunz of, Raymond Carver, Kunz doesn’t flinch, “ Organizations: “ Locations: American

☆ Starbucks adds third pumpkin drink to fall menu as chain celebrates 20 years of the pumpkin spice latte
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As Starbucks celebrates the 20th anniversary of its pumpkin spice latte, the coffee chain is adding a third pumpkin drink to its fall menu. Starting Thursday, the iced pumpkin cream chai latte joins the company's existing pumpkin lineup, which also includes the pumpkin cream cold brew, returning for its fifth year. The seasonal menu addition comes as Starbucks customers increasingly choose cold drinks over hot options, no matter the temperature outside. Starbucks' more upscale Reserve locations, which also serve alcohol, will serve special pumpkin spice drinks for the first time, too. The Reserve fall menu includes a pumpkin spice espresso martini, playing off the espresso martini craze, and a pumpkin spice whiskey barrel-aged iced latte.

Persons: latte, Erin Stan Organizations: Starbucks Locations: TikTok

☆ Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte is back, and it’s celebrating its 20th anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The Pumpkin Spice Latte is coming back, again. Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte was introduced 20 years ago. StarbucksAnd Starbucks’ Reserve stores, more upscale locations, will also sell pumpkin spice beverages for the first time this year. Pumpkin spice is everywhere now, to the point where people roll their eyes when they see yet another pumpkin spice product, or mourn the arrival of pumpkin spice anything as marking the end of summer. Seasonal items like the Pumpkin Spice Latte are also an important marketing tool because they only come around once a year.

Persons: “ it’s, ”, Thomas Prather, ” Prather, you’ve, Peter Dukes, “, ” Dukes, likeliness, Dukes, Tapping, Paige Leyden, Kelly Haws Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, PSL, Olin Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University . Pumpkin Locations: New York, ., Washington ,, Vancouver, North America, Mintel

Here are the meanings of the least-found words that were used in (mostly) recent Times articles. 1. pellicle — a thin skin or film:Chestnuts, a holiday favorite, don’t make it easy for us to cook them at home. The pellicle, its sticky inner skin, clings to the nut and can give it a bitter taste. This is achieved less by rethinking motivations than by burrowing into the language, far richer than I imagined. — The Best Coffee Break Is an Affogato (Aug. 11, 2021)The list of the week’s easiest words:

Persons: pellicle, chyme, Jimmy, yecch, ’, Brunie, McDermott, ‘, ”, Forest Simmons, Michael Starbird, Su, dotard, Seana McKenna, Ben Carlson, cortado, Maillard, enby, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, —, clayey, bombe Organizations: Charter, Education, Andersen, Russian Locations: New York, Ontario, Copenhagen, Morningside Heights, Manhattan

☆ The 16 Best Items to Add to Your Registry—and Where to Register
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Erika Veurink | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +17 min

By Erika VeurinkA wedding registry is a couple’s chance to creatively express the kind of life you hope to create together. If you’re a bride or groom to be, you can easily add a link to these eye-catching utensils to your Zola registry. Add the link to the multipurpose pressure cookware to your registry on Zola, or shop it at Amazon or Walmart. Add this link to your Zola registry (and browse other local gift options) and your guests can send a wedding-week-pick-me-up or gift an ongoing subscription. And if you don’t know where to start, Bloomingdale’s wedding registry checklist will help you narrow down what you need.

Persons: Erika Veurink, Zola, ”, Maria Del Russo, servingware, Simone Silverman, Silverman, Del Russo, “, Margaux, Alexandra Daniel, Daniel, Dyson, Holly Liss Jammet, Jammet, Jones, Great Jones, Tricia Lowenfield, Sarah Swann, napkins Swann, Gregory Blake Sams, You’ll, you’d, Sams, Christolfe, Coffee, Anbouba, Neiman Marcus, Delaney Lundquist, she’s, Lundquist, Lily Sullivan, ” Sullivan, Hawkins, Food52, Sullivan Organizations: New, Margot Magazine, Designs, Zola, Elle, Walmart, ” Investment, ”, Farmers, tote, Courtland, Co, Target Locations: Zola, New York City, Florida, Italy, Flamingo, Los Angeles, Great, York, City, Charleston, S.C, Sur, Charlotte, N.C, Brooklyn, N.Y

☆ Starbucks' $1.25 cold foam is the chain's most popular drinks add-on, and one of its most expensive. This is how it's made.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It's made by frothing nonfat cold milk and is added to iced drinks like cold brews. While some drinks come with cold foam on top as standard, such as some of its flavored cold brews, customers can opt to add it to other cold drinks for $1.25. Currently there are six flavors of cold foam available – chocolate cream, cinnamon sweet cream, matcha cream, salted caramel cream, vanilla sweet cream, and white chocolate macadamia cream. Tim Hortons in the US, for example, sells set chilled drinks with cold foam and also has the option for customers to add it to some of its other cold drinks. Dunkin' started selling sweet cold foam in February 2021, and has since launched it in a number of time-limited flavors including brown sugar and salted caramel.

Persons: It's, Tim Hortons, Dunkin, Olivia Vaughn, Heinz Kraft Organizations: Service, New York Times, Starbucks, Maxwell, Aldi Locations: Wall, Silicon, Seattle

☆ Opinion | Those Double-Parked Amazon Trucks Are More Than Just an Annoyance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Christopher Caldwell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But the public’s leverage is weak, the political dynamics are complex and the alternatives are fewer than they used to be. The upshot was an enduring advantage for internet retailers over bricks-and-mortar stores. Adding insult to injury, the big internet retailers have taken great advantage of a communal resource. The real estate that Amazon and other vendors require to make their deliveries is not private but public. We faced a smaller version of this problem with the surge of urban lunch trucks a decade ago.

Persons: ’, it’s Organizations: UPS, FedEx Locations: North Dakota, New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia

☆ A bartender is going viral on TikTok for saying he'd snub a customer for a regular patron who 'tips 50% every time'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

TikToker Roman Sparkles said he would snub a customer for a 50% tipping regular, in a now-viral video. This video rides a wave of TikTok videos highlighting tipping culture frustrations. says an off-screen customer in Sparkles' video — which appears to be a skit — as the bartender ignores him to take the big tipper's order. Majority of the over 1,000 comments on Sparkles' video endorsed his viewpoint. And it's not just bars and ice cream joints that are subject to tipping frustration.

Persons: Sparkles, TikToker Jason Regan, — Organizations: Idc, Service, Forbes, Wall Street Locations: Wall, Silicon, Michigan

☆ Dunkin is releasing spiked versions of their iced coffees and teas
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

After setting the internet abuzz last week, Dunkin’ will officially announce Monday the debut of Dunkin’ Spiked Iced Coffees and Iced Teas, which are both scheduled to roll out in the coming weeks. The two malt-based beverages, scheduled for an early September release, will feature eight flavors between them, all based on the chain’s iced coffee and tea flavors. Last year, Pabst Blue Ribbon axed their hard coffee flavor drink because of poor sales. The slightly sweet ice tea flavor is being sold in a six-pack of 12-ounce cans and a single 19.2-ounce cans. Dunkin' Spiked iced tea is coming out in late August.

Persons: New York CNN —, Dunkin ’, Dunkin, RTDs, ” Duane Stanford, ”, Samuel Adams, Dave Williams, Bump, ” Dunkin, Scott Murphy, ” Stanford, “, Bravo’s, Brian Gilbert Organizations: New, New York CNN, Beverage Digest, CNN, Boston Beer Company, Bump Williams Consulting, Pabst, Ribbon, Molson Coors, La, Dunkin Locations: New York, Kahlua, Florida , Massachusetts, Texas, England

☆ Elon Musk is auctioning off Twitter's signs and decorations as part of the X HQ overhaul — take a look
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

X — formerly Twitter — will auction off items from its San Francisco HQ due to its brand overhaul. Just because these items are being auctioned off doesn't mean you'll be able to fill your living room with furniture from Twitter HQ. HGP will help buyers carry items into the loading area, but it does not provide shipping services. In January, the company sold items from its HQ including a pizza oven, office furniture, and an espresso machine. The Twitter bird and signature sky blue theme are slowly being removed in favor of the black and white X branding.

Persons: Elon Musk Organizations: Twitter, San Francisco, Heritage Global Partners, Elon Locations: San Francisco

☆ The New Look in Cocktails? Layers and Stripes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Robert Simonson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Fajita favorites of recent years have included the espresso martini, all manner of blue cocktails and any drink on fire. The latest, though, has something else in common with fajitas besides contagious appeal: layers of colorful ingredients. In a layered cocktail, the various liquid components settle out in separate strata, giving the drink a striped or ombré look. There are two ways to layer a cocktail: floats and sinkers. A sinker is also poured in last but, owing to the ingredient’s weight, falls to the bottom of the glass.

Persons: ”, Conrad Hayes, Ottava Locations: Brooklyn

☆ Coffee chains are betting big on cold drinks as Gen Z turns its back on old-school coffees
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Cold drinks tend to cost more, but they can also cause headaches for staff. Cold drinks account for 75% of Starbucks' beverage sales. "The team is making good progress with its efforts to become a bigger player in the high-growth cold beverage category and saw cold beverage sales grow 16.6% year-over-year," Restaurant Brands International CEO Josh Kobza said. Tim Hortons' cold drinks menu looks remarkably like Starbucks' – especially in the US. Cold drinks can potentially reap higher profits for coffee chains because they tend to cost more and some customers opt for costly modifications.

Persons: Tim Hortons, Laxman Narasimhan, Josh Kobza, Kobza, Tim Hortons execs, Howard Schultz, Brady Brewer, Brewer, Baristas Organizations: Starbucks, Service, Brands Locations: Wall, Silicon, Canada, Maryland, Nebraska

☆ Target will now let you add Starbucks to your curbside delivery order, but there's a catch — you have to buy something from Target
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Target is rolling out an option that lets customers nationwide order Starbucks food and beverages for curbside delivery. Unlike a regular drive-thru, Starbucks customers will have to pair their order with a Target product purchase. The purchase requirement appears to be designed to keep Starbucks order volumes under control and could boost sales. The Target app will prompt drive-up customers to add a Starbucks item to their order and to customize it. TargetHere are the states where Starbucks ordering is currently available via Target drive-up:(* indicates select stores)

Persons: We've, who've, Mark Schindele Organizations: Service, Pumpkin, Starbucks Locations: Wall, Silicon, Wisconsin

☆ Target is rolling out Starbucks curbside pickup across the country as it looks for sales jolt
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Target is looking to jolt sales by adding Starbucks drinks and food to its curbside pickup service at stores across the country. The retailer began testing the Starbucks curbside pickup service at some stores in the fall. Target's curbside pickup service, Drive Up, helped fuel the company's e-commerce and sales growth during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, according to Target, curbside pickup has led to more business. That explains why Target has added other features and more items to curbside pickup, including beer and wine.

Persons: curbside, Target, Howard Schultz, — CNBC's Amelia Lucas Organizations: Target, Starbucks

☆ This family is moving to Italy because they’ve had enough of the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In 2019, the Dawkins family – Nadine, 59, her husband, Kim, 61, and their children Lorenzo, 29, and DeNae, 27 – bought a charming home in the town of Latronico. Reading the article at her home in El Paso, Texas, Nadine Dawkins, a retired former soldier and businesswoman, felt the pull of her ancestry. The family will be shortly moving to Panama before taking the final leap across the Atlantic to Latronico. Clint Jeffrey was Dawkins' Italian ancestor. Nadine DawkinsOnce in Italy, Nadine hopes to be able to start tracking down the real identity and origins of her Italian ancestor.

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☆ Cold drinks are hot at Starbucks. It's iced coffee season all year now
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The increase has been fast: Just five years ago, coffee, teas, lemonades and other cold drinks made up less than half of Starbucks’ beverage sales. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThis trend isn’t exclusive to Starbucks, as other coffee companies are catering to growing demand for cold drinks. Half of Gen Z consumers own a drip coffee brewer, compared to 60% of all coffee consumers, Mintel said. Younger consumers view cold coffee beverages as more refreshing, better tasting and more of a treat than hot coffee, the surveys show. Iced macchiato, iced specialty tea, iced espresso and iced americano have also ranked among the fastest-growing non-alcoholic drinks on menus tracked by Technomic.

Persons: Justin Sullivan, Keurig, Maxwell, Mintel, ”, Dorothy Calba, Lizzy Freier, Freier, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, Euromonitor, americano, Technomic Locations: New York

☆ I'm an American expat living in Portugal. The country's focus on work-life balance is very different than in the US.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kaitlin Wichmann is an American expat living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. She said the country's focus on work-life balance has been a positive change from the US. When I lived in the US, most of my coworkers didn't even take lunch or if we did it was a working lunch. When I'm interviewing with a potential client or agency, I'm always upfront about living in Lisbon and working Portuguese hours. Obviously, it's easier for me because I'm self-employed — a lot of my friends work for American companies and it's much harder to do.

Persons: Kaitlin Wichmann, I'd, There's, didn't, I'm Organizations: Kansas City, Service Locations: American, Lisbon, Portugal, Kansas, Wall, Silicon, Kansas City, Lisbon —, Portuguese

☆ Italy announces special tourist trains and 'cruise trains'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS), Italy’s state-owned railway operator, has announced a new program of tourist-focused trains, using vintage locomotives on popular vacation routes. “Lusso” (luxury) trains will be spearheaded by the long-distance, super-luxury Orient Express Dolce Vita train, which will now launch in 2024, instead of this year as previously anticipated. The luxury Dolce Vita train will debut in 2024. These new routes will include night trains. sphraner/iStock Editorial/Getty ImagesThere will even be “cruise trains” – routes conceived with the idea of shuttling vacationers back and forth from short breaks.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Lusso, DIMORESTUDIO, Lamberto, Luigi Ferraris, ” Antonio Tajani Organizations: CNN, intel, Ferrovie dello Stato, Orient, Express, Golden Eagle, Cortina, d’Ampezzo, FS, Fondazione FS Locations: Italy, Venice, Milan, Tuscan, Rome, Otranto, Puglia, Metaponto, Basilicata, Reggio Calabria, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Calalzo, Umbria, Swiss

☆ It's the hottest cold drink at Starbucks – and it barely contains any coffee
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cold beverages, especially Refreshers, are driving sales at Starbucks. Starbucks Refreshers, a popular line of fruity drinks infused with green coffee extract, usually sell more in the afternoon. "This includes this summer's launch of our Starbucks Refreshers frozen beverages," Narasimhan said. Cold foam, the fastest-growing add-on at Starbucks, can be added to Refreshers, and Starbucks is rolling out "faster and easier to use" cold foam blenders "to meet the summer demand for Starbucks Refreshers frozen beverages," Narasimhan said. "The new blenders support the additional growth of cold foam, the fastest-growing customization at Starbucks," the CEO said.

Persons: they've, Laxman Narasimhan, Narasimhan, Rachel Ruggeri, Refreshers Organizations: Starbucks, Service Locations: Wall, Silicon, Refreshers

☆ Cold drinks are hotter than ever at Starbucks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cold beverages continue to be a fan favorite at Starbucks. Cold foam is the fastest growing add-on at Starbucks. But today, cold drinks are hotter than ever at that coffeehouse chain. Cold drinks accounted for 75% of beverage sales in the company's third quarter. Cold foam, in fact, is the fastest-growing add-on at Starbucks, he said.

Persons: We're, Laxman Narasimhan, Rachel Ruggeri, rollouts, Narasimhan, Ruggeri, That's Organizations: Starbucks . Food, Service, Starbucks Locations: Wall, Silicon, America

☆ A Fast, Fresh Pasta for Those Perfect Peak Tomatoes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Melissa Clark | More About Melissa Clark | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Add to cooked pasta, garnish with a handful of basil and dinner is done. I’ve been making tomato salads almost every evening, and I have to admit I’ve grown weary of my olive-oil-salt-basil minimalism. Kay Chun’s Thai-style crunchy vegetable salad, with its dressing of fish sauce and lime, turns out to be the perfect antidote. Peak summer is also peak slow cooker. It’s fancier, richer and less sweet than American icebox cakes, though you’re permitted to skip the chocolate curls on top.

Persons: I’ve, Kay Chun’s, Kay, they’re, Sarah DiGregorio’s, Genevieve Ko’s, Moka Dupont, It’s, you’re Locations: French

☆ Kraft Heinz looks to revive Maxwell House brand with new instant iced latte with foam
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

At 131 years old, Maxwell House is no spring chicken, and most of its loyal drinkers aren't either. But Kraft Heinz is looking to revive the coffee brand by appealing to younger consumers with its new iced latte with foam, its first product launch in nearly a decade. Even within the instant coffee segment, Maxwell House ranks third, trailing Nestle's Nescafe and JM Smuckers' Folgers in U.S. market share, according to Euromonitor International data. But with its new Iced Latte with Foam, Maxwell House hopes to bridge that gap and win over new customers. The iced latte with foam is available nationwide at major retailers and on Amazon and comes in three flavors: vanilla, hazelnut and caramel.

Persons: Maxwell, aren't, Kraft Heinz, Nescafe, Smuckers, Dunkin Organizations: Maxwell House, Euromonitor, Starbucks, Maxwell, Kraft Locations: U.S

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