Starbucks Turns to Coupons to Lift Business

April 21, 2008

Starbucks is turning to coupons in USA Today and other papers around the country to try and drum-up traffic for its stores. The couponing effort is something new for the chain that built its business on getting consumers to spend top dollar for gourmet coffee and other beverages.

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Waffle House workers in Conyers, Georgia, are now on their third day of striking over what they call the company’s unfair policies. Led by the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW), Waffle House employees are demanding an end to the mandatory “meal credit” deductions from their paychecks, along with better wages and improved working conditions.