SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A civic group filed a complaint against Starbucks Coffee Korea on Friday in connection with giveaway picnic bags found to contain toxic chemicals. The company came under fire in July after formaldehyde, a carcinogen, was detected in “summer carry bags,” which it provided to customers who purchased 17 drinks [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Starbucks Coffee Korea said Thursday it will launch an official recall of its giveaway picnic bags, after the company came under fire for handing out the merchandise containing a toxic chemical substance. The announcement came after the company apologized over the discovery of formaldehyde in its “summery carry bag” [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea offered an apology Thursday over a toxic chemical substance found in its giveaway bags in a move to assuage safety concerns of customers. The move came after a user of an anonymous community app called Blind claimed earlier this month that formaldehyde was found on Starbucks’ “summery [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea said Thursday it has opened its first store inside a subway station in Seoul as part of its expansion strategy in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The new branch opened on May 12 inside Gangnam station in a posh neighborhood in southern Seoul. It is designed to offer quick [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea said Wednesday it will recycle 100 percent of its coffee grounds by 2027. Coffee grounds were considered a non-recyclable material until they were reclassified as a recirculation resource in March, allowing them to be used for a variety of purposes. The U.S. coffee giant plans to conduct [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Wednesday that Starbucks Korea had signed an agreement with the National Commission for Corporate Partnership and the National Cafe Owners Association. Under this agreement, Starbucks Korea will develop drinks using local agricultural produce before sharing these recipes as well as providing raw [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With Starbucks preparing to raise drink prices, consumers are scrambling to ‘hoard’ Starbucks drink coupons. As of Tuesday, KakaoTalk mobile messenger gift shop’s bestseller list in the ‘coupons’ section showed that the top 15 items, except for third and 15th place, were Starbucks coupons. Since Starbucks coupons are valid [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea announced that it will ban the use of disposable cups at all stores on the southern island of Jeju starting on Tuesday. The 23 Starbucks outlets on Jeju Island will only serve drinks in mugs, personal and multi-use cups. Multi-use cups can be returned through a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the main reasons behind Starbucks Coffee Korea employees’ truck protest last month was their exhaustive workload that has everything to do with the coffee chain’s famous marketing events. The first-ever protest by the coffee chain’s workers was set off by a 50th anniversary event on Sept. 28, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Coffee Korea said Friday it will stop using disposable cups at all of its stores on South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju within this year in the latest move to protect the environment. Starbucks said it eliminated all single-use cups at four of its stores on Jeju [...]