Starbucks will operate on a reduced schedule for Christmas Eve (Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025) — most stores will be open at their usual time, but close earlier, often around 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. local time.

Starbucks has a new cocoa creation, but you won’t find it on the regular menu. Instead, hot chocolate enthusiasts will need to track down the new Cookies & Cream Hot Cocoa on the chain’s secret menu.

Rrewards members will be able to order the new drink through the app or by providing specific instructions to in-store baristas

Now, the majority of striking baristas are set to return to work, according to the company and Starbucks Workers United, the union representing thousands of baristas.

Starbucks' Chief People Officer Sara Kelly spoke to Business Insider about the company's increasingly popular free college program.

According to Modern Retail, Toledano’s new role is the “first-of-its-kind” at Starbucks, and seems to function as part of CEO Brian Niccol’s larger plan to revitalize the coffee chain.

Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat and one of the architects of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat, and Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, have joined the picket line and backed the union's demands.

The Starbucks Workers United, a union representing employees from hundreds of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) locations, has taken its protest to the company's Seattle headquarters.