Every Friday, Perfect Daily Grind rounds up the week's top coffee industry news and offers insight into key stories.

Global food giant Nestlé once had an impressive plant-based portfolio, but lately, it appears to be quietly scaling back its ...

Starbucks customers filed a proposed class action in Washington federal court on Friday, accusing the coffee chain of trying to capitalize on the protein craze last year by launching a line of protein ...

To coincide with ADWEEK’s latest cover story on Starbucks’ CEO Brian Niccol —plus additional features on its new merchandise ...

Dolly Parton posthumously released a new Cup of Ambition coffee commercial filmed one month before her death. The ad prominently features Parton’s signature hit ‘9 to 5’ amid a few colorful scenes.

Starbucks announced it will close approximately 250 underperforming stores in North America. This marks the second significant round of store closures for the coffee chain in the past year. Employees ...

Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks announced Thursday that it will close 250 stores across North America this week in its second round of mass closures since Brian Niccol took over as chairman and ...

Emmy-winning sports broadcaster and Super Bowl champion Ryan Clark has enlisted a big name to help him grow his burgeoning media company. Pivot25 Productions, the company Clark co-founded in 2025 with ...

Starbucks is spending $1 billion on comfy armchairs, plants and hardcover books to spruce up its coffee shops – betting that’s enough to lure back lonely customers fed-up with the digital age. More ...

Just when you thought Starbucks couldn’t make its cult-fave Pumpkin Spice Latte any more enticing, the chain went and put its signature bevvy in the hands of Off Campus star Belmont Cameli. To ...

The Pumpkin Spice Latte returns to Starbucks coffeehouses on Aug. 25, and the coffee chain has tapped two celebrities to help spread the word across generations. Martha Stewart, 85, and Belmont Cameli ...