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Breakingviews – Starbucks’s high-octane plan has warm impact
Starbucks is brewing up a high-octane solution for a low-impact problem. The $101 billion coffee chain spent a chunk of its investor day on Tuesday discussing ways to help its restless U.S. workforce. With employees at a smattering of chains having discussed organizing to unionize, incoming Chief Executive Laxman Narasimhan is sure to have a challenge . But revenue is growing thanks to automation. Pretty soon, employees won’t have the same effect.

Breakingviews – Starbucks’s high-octane plan has warm impact

Starbucks is brewing up a high-octane solution for a low-impact problem. The $101 billion coffee chain spent a chunk of its investor day on Tuesday discussing ways to help its restless U.S. workforce. With employees at a smattering of chains having discussed organizing to unionize, incoming Chief Executive Laxman Narasimhan is sure to have a challenge . But revenue is growing thanks to automation. Pretty soon, employees won’t have the same effect.