SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — After a seven-year hiatus, Starbucks Korea has reintroduced plastic straws at select locations across the country, citing customer feedback and improvements in eco-friendly materials. Beginning June 25, the coffee chain will offer both paper and plant-based plastic straws at around 200 stores, primarily located in hospitals and residential areas. [...]
JEJU, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea has introduced the country’s first in-store mailbox at its Jeju Sehwa Drive-Thru location, offering customers a unique “slow mail” experience while promoting environmental sustainability. Announced on June 8, the initiative features a special mailbox donated by the Jeju Regional Post Office, designed to send postcards exactly one year after [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea announced Sunday that it will extend operating hours at a majority of its stores to 10 p.m. by mid-May, restoring pre-pandemic hours as late-evening foot traffic and demand for decaffeinated beverages rise. The move marks a shift from the reduced schedules implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea is planning to add at least 100 outlets this year after recently opening the 2,003rd store in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy, an industry source said Thursday. The Seattle-based coffee giant introduced its first store in front of Ewha Womans University in Seoul in 1999 in partnership with local [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Starbucks Korea announced on May 7 that the cumulative number of customers using personal reusable cups at its domestic stores reached the 150 million milestone last month. The use of reusable cups saw a sharp rise, skyrocketing from 9.39 million instances in 2018 to 29.35 million last year. In the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – As cherry blossom festivals bloom across South Korea, Starbucks Korea has unveiled a map highlighting 10 of its most picturesque locations for admiring the fleeting spring spectacle. In Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, home to the country’s largest cherry blossom festival in Jinhae, the Starbucks Jinhae Gyeonghwa Station Drive-Thru offers sweeping [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea is set to introduce an exciting new large size, known as the Trenta (887 ml). The term “Trenta” originates from Italian, meaning “30,” and this new size is approximately 1.5 times bigger than Starbucks’ previous largest size, the Venti (591 ml). Starting from July 20 until September [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea on Thursday reported a 78 percent on-year jump in its first-quarter net profit, citing strong demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company’s net profit reached 33.6 billion won (US$29.7 million) in the January-March period, up 77.8 percent from a year earlier, according to quarterly earnings reports released [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. on Monday began a trial run of paper straws to replace plastic ones at its stores as part of the company’s drive to protect the environment, it said. The two-month test began at 100 stores in Seoul and other major cities. The company plans to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea Co. said Monday it will increase the number of cashless stores to over 100 across South Korea this month amid rising use of credit cards and mobile payment systems in the tech-savvy country. Earlier in April, the coffee giant began a test run of three cashless [...]