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40 MINUTES FOR STARBUCKS COFFEE? CUSTOMERS AND WORKERS FUME OVER FEWER STAFF

Understaffing has contributed to skyrocketing wait times, unfinished orders and
lost sales, some employees say.

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May 29, 2024 at 1:15 PM GMT+2
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Starbucks baristas say they are confronting an alarming issue: Drink orders are
coming in fast, but there are fewer people to prepare them.

In some stores where there used to be, say, five people making iced macchiatos
and double-shot espressos just a year ago, now there are three or four,
according to workers and managers who asked not to be identified because they
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