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Starbucks to customers: buy something or get out

Rob Beschizza
Jan 14, 2025
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If you've been hanging out in Starbucks, maybe you should move on and make space for someome with money to spend. The coffee shop chain is reversing a policy that previously "allowed people to use their facilities" without having bought anything. No more using their toilets; no more lurking for hours working on a lapto…

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