The coffee company will start offering the $1 cups Thursday.
Starting Thursday, Starbucks will be offering a more eco-friendly way to enjoy their coffee According to the Detroit Free Press, the coffee giant will begin selling reusable cups on Jan. 3 in an attempt to reduce the waste created by customers purchasing millions of beverages every day—and throwing their cups away. The cups will retail for $1 and fill up to a grande size of a cup of joe. Each refill in a reusable cup—be it one of the new tumblers or another Starbucks mug—earns the user a dime off their purchase. The cups have already debuted on the west coast, but will hit all Starbucks location in the U.S. and Canada—including three in Brighton—on Thursday. "We see real excitement about these cups," Starbucks' Jim Hanna told the Free …
Separate boycotts criticize coffee chain's positions on contentious issues.
Some religious and political groups are urging Starbucks customers to grab their morning coffee elsewhere in light of the company's stance on gay marriage and its policy on guns. USA Christian Ministries, a group boycotting Starbucks for its recent support of gay marriage in the state of Washington, said in a news release that the coffee chain's decision has angered Christians. "Christians are upset with Starbucks for turning against God," Steven Andrew, president of USA Christian Ministries, said. The group hopes that, with full support from Christians, Starbucks, which operates two locations in Brighton, could lose up to 80 percent of its business. Starbucks joined Microsoft and Nike in publicly supporting gay marriage in a statement …
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Deanna Schneider
12:36 pm on Wednesday, February 1, 2012
80% of lost business if all Christians boycott Starbucks. Let's see, I'm a Christian and I think that I'll swing by Starbucks this afternoon to show my support. Keep you noses out of other peoples business. That should be the Christian way. more ›