Starbucks Stock News

Starbucks faces mounting challenges as it prepares to report fiscal Q4 earnings, with further downside likely for the stock. SBUX is underperforming key rivals like Dutch Bros and Luckin Coffee, both of which are posting stronger same-store sales growth. Recent widespread U.S. store closures signal brand retrenchment, with negative comps and no clear path to renewed domestic growth.

Union Starbucks workers are voting to authorize a strike for better pay and hours, threatening to disrupt pumpkin spice latte season at dozens of stores nationwide.

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Starbucks baristas' union said on Thursday it would vote on whether to authorize an unfair labor practice strike at unionized locations to demand that the company return to the negotiating table.

Unionized Starbucks staff plan to launch a strike vote on Friday amid tense labor relations. The vote determines if unionized baristas will stop work for the fourth time in two years.

Starbucks Workers United is kicking off a strike authorization vote this Friday. In addition, the union says it is planning a wave of rallies and pickets across the country with its baristas and allies.

Starbucks' comparable sales continue to decline, although new stores are driving higher total sales. CEO Brian Niccol has been on the job for a year now, and he's working on getting the company to stabilize before it can get back to growth.

BURNABY, British Columbia, Oct. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Starbucks workers at Cloverdale's Clover Square Village in Surrey, B.C., are the latest to join a growing movement of baristas across Canada who are standing together for fairness, respect and better working conditions.