Starbucks’ MAHA Misstep
For paid subscribers: What Starbucks’ CEO Brian Niccol’s meeting with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says about the company’s embrace of coffee’s wellness trend—and the trend’s darker side.
This week's Roundup is playing the hits.
This week’s Roundup features several old favorites: an interesting Bloomberg look at the data behind this past year’s Starbucks unionization push, a report that says the big coffee buyers are buying more sustainable coffee, and Nespresso something something recycling something sneakers something coffeewashing something.
Read all about it over at Fresh Cup Magazine:
And Merlin is here to say goodbye—this week, as a croissant.
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