A US Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower court ruling saying that a company policy violated state laws.
A recent court ruling in Massachusetts has determined that a national coffee chain should pay out millions of dollars to its employees and change its tipping policy to comply with state laws. Starbucks owes baristas across Massachusetts more than $14 million for “violating state laws preventing supervisors from sharing in tips pools,” the Boston Globe recently reported. A US Court of Appeals panel upheld a lower court ruling on the issue in which “Starbucks baristas challenged the Seattle coffee chain’s practice of requiring them to share tips with shift supervisors, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in 2008,” the Globe reported. In addition to a corporate office, Starbucks operates six coffee shops in Newton, including locations …
McDonald's hopes to reopen sometime in June, while Starbucks will be back in business next week.
Updated 6:30 p.m. Needham Street certainly is busy these days. Between the hubbub over Jonathan's Bar & Grill opening soon and work at the now-closed Pizzapalooza spot, you may have missed a bit of renovation going on at Starbucks. The Needham Street location of the Seattle-based coffee chain is currently closed for renovations. According to a Starbucks spokesman, the location will reopen a week from today, April 26. Once the 10-day renovation is finished, the coffee shop will have new furniture inside and out as well as a Clover brewing system, the spokesman said via email. In addition, the store will have a new layout and "flow," to help with the coffee shop's small size. As we noted last month, the McDonald's on Needham Street is …
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244 Needham St, Newton Upper Falls, MA
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Prices reportedly will increase only on some drinks. And only in certain parts of the country.
My tall, black extra-bold coffee is going to cost me 10-cents more. Word from the Seattle-based coffee company today is that prices will increase 1 percent. The AP quotes a company spokesman as saying higher costs are the reason. That same story says the last across-the-board price increase was in 2007. But only some drinks will be pricier — apparently the next size up, 'grande,' or medium — remains unchanged. And the higher prices are taking effect only in the Northeast — including the Boston area — and the Southwest. Florida, California and the Midwest apparently had their prices raised in the fall. The Christian Science Monitor says the increase comes at a time when inflation appears to be heating up. The Monitor quotes US Bureau of …
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474 Woodward St, Waban, MA
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1269 Centre St, Newton Center, MA
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Starbucks Coffee
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Starbucks Coffee
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Melanie Graham
9:11 am on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Actually just heard from McDonald's -- They said the opening date has been pushed back a bit, but they are definitely opening "soon." They don't have an exact date, but they will let us know when they have one. So -- stay tuned! more ›