Starbucks wants guests to drink up while on the premises, and are giving free refills to keep paying customers onsite. Starting today, customers at U. Starbucks is no longer welcoming loiterers who are not customers. That means no usage of tables or restrooms without a purchase.
And workers might call local police to handle those not adhering to Starbucks's new code of conduct. Starbucks reversed its open-door policy in all its company-owned North American stores. Fast food in Louisville: Krispy Kreme expanded its menu.
Here's how to get the doughnuts. The new code of conduct also bans discrimination or harassment, consumption of outside alcohol, smoking, vaping, drug use and panhandling.
The purchase required move is an about-face from seven years ago when the company began allowing non-paying guests to use its facilities. In a Philadephia store manager called the police on two Black men when they didn't order food or drinks there. Waiting to meet a third person for a business meeting, the men , Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, were arrested for trespassing.
The encounter sparked outrage over racial profiling, led to a discrimination lawsuit, and an apology from the company's former CEO Kevin Johnson among other actions. Employees will receive training on how to enforce the code of conduct and can ask anyone who violates this code of conduct to leave, and can seek support from local law enforcement, the company told IndyStar. Contact IndyStar reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cheryl.
