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Starbucks Dress Code

Strozier Starbucks Employee Caroline

Strozier Starbucks Employee Carlos

Strozier Starbucks Employee Jessica

Fun Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPbrlNsMTg4

http://thoughtcatalog.com/chelsea-fagan/2013/07/23-signs-youre-addicted-to-starbucks/

https://twitter.com/starbucks_probs

http://justsomething.co/25-funniest-misspelled-names-starbucks/

Starbucks Secret Menu

Top Items from Starbucks Secret menu

Many of us are regulars at Starbucks, alternating between one or two drinks. But what if the power of the menu was put in your hands to order 200+ combinations and secret drinks. Well in case you didn’t know…you do have the power. The possibilities are endless, allowing customers to order anything from an Apple Jacks Frappuccino, Liquid Cocaine, Sweetart Refresher to Butterbeer Lattes. These drinks take items from the Official Starbucks Menus and play around with different add-ins to achieve any flavor imaginable. Starbucks fans can visit http://starbuckssecretmenu.net/ a site that shares hundreds of secret drink recipes; fans constantly send in new recipes and the list is forever growing. The secret menu items are unofficial, but some are so popular among those “in the know” that some baristas will know how to prepare it just by name, others may be a little more bizarre so be sure to note the order instructions provided for each menu item on the site linked above. The social media hashtag, #HACKTHEMENU, is where hundreds of fans share their secret menu order results…so check it out!

Important Know How For Ordering a Secret Beverage:

1. Find the drink you would like to try and note the recipe, not just the name.

2. The most important thing to remember when ordering a secret menu drink is that not all Baristas are familiar with the drink names. Order by recipe.

3. Depending on what drink you're ordering and what add-ins there are, be prepared for extra costs. Additions such as bananas will bring your total up, but remember that paying with a registered Starbucks card or with the Starbucks mobile app will earn you stars towards free rewards.

Strange Facts

•  Starbucks has opened about 2 stores a day since 1987!
•  The Trenta is slightly bigger than your stomach and holds 916 milliliters, while your stomach only holds 900
•  A Grande coffee had four times as much caffeine in it than a Red Bull
•  Starbucks uses enough milk each year to fill 155 Olympic size swimming pools
•  There are more than 87,000 drink combinations!
•  There’s a secret size, called the “short” cup that is only 8 oz.
•  Starbucks has around 137,000 “partners” or employees, this is more than the population of Greenland
•  Starbucks serves 40 million people a week
•  Starbucks fully supports the legalization of same-sex marriage

Sources:

A. (2012, May 3). 10 Most Interesting Facts About Starbucks. Retrieved April 12, 2015, from

http://www.themost10.com/interesting-facts-about-starbucks/

Lepore, M. (2011, March 25). 15 Facts About Starbucks That Will Blow Your Mind. Retrieved April 12, 2015, from http://www.businessinsider.com/15-facts-about-starbucks-that-will-blow-your-mind-2011-3#the-starbucks-cinnamon-chip-scone-has-more-calories-than-a-mcdonalds-quarter-pounder-with-480-calories-10

Asis, A. (2014, October 1). 10 Facts You Didn't Know About Starbucks. Retrieved April 12, 2015, from http://www.therichest.com/business/companies-business/10-facts-you-didnt-know-about-starbucks/10/

Students Juggling Work and School

In 2011, the US Census report determined that 71 percent of our nation’s almost 20 million undergraduate students were working. Colleges often recommend that students work no more than 10-15 hours per week, but many are clocking much more. But when it comes to student employees of the 24-hour Strozier Starbucks location, it was not the amount of hours students worked that we were curious about but rather how working into the wee hours of the morning affected school work. Of the three employees we interviewed, they all said that the late hours were an added stress factor; stating that they have all experienced being scheduled late hours the night before a test often forcing them to put sleep on the back burner in order to study. This is unfortunate but what would the rest of us do if Starbucks wasn’t open 24-hours, sometimes the line is at it’s longest at 1am during busy weeks like midterms and finals. This is often the case because students are either working or in classes during the day, and this makes all-nighters a normal part of college. But Starbucks is doing their part to take a huge weight off of the backs of their part time and full time employees who would like to earn a college degree. This is being done in collaboration with Arizona State University through Starbucks College Achievement Plan; they are working to make is possible for their US employees working an average of 20 hours per week to choose from over 40 undergraduate degree programs to be completed online through ASU. Starbucks CEO states, “In the last few years, we have seen the fracturing of the American Dream. There’s no doubt, the inequality within the country has created a situation where many Americans are being left behind…” there are too many cases where college students working in order to support themselves while pursuing a degree which eventually causes them to fall behind. The company says this is better than giving employees a $2 pay raise. Starbucks compares it to the saying “giving a man a fish vs. teaching a man to fish”. But it is clear the influence Starbucks has on our culture as American students outweigh those risk. We attend a university where students provide enough demand for three separate Starbucks locations on one campus, to the point that the university has decided to keep one open 24-hours knowingly scheduling student workers. We just can’t get enough!