A Starbucks sign outside a Starbucks coffee shop in downtown Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz recently told CNBC that a better way to describe billionaires would be "people of means." (Image: CNBC screenshot)
La Jolla Elementary School Principal Donna Tripi apologized Wednesday after she sent an email alerting parents that there was a suspicious black man at a local Starbucks. (screenshot NBC San Diego)
A barista prepares to serve sample-sized coffee cups before the annual Starbucks shareholders meeting in Seattle on March 21, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
This is a sign in a Starbucks located in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
A Starbucks employee takes outside seating umbrellas inside a store in Chicago's famed Loop Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Chicago. Starbucks is closing more than 8,000 U.S. stores for a few hours Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training in the company's latest effort to deal with the fallout over the arrest of two black men at one of its shops in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
This is a sign in a Starbucks located in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
This is a sign in a Starbucks located in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Illustration on the Starbucks' sensitivity training situation by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
Protesters gather outside of a Starbucks in Philadelphia, Sunday, April 15, 2018, where two black men were arrested Thursday after employees called police to say the men were trespassing. The arrest prompted accusations of racism on social media. Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson posted a lengthy statement Saturday night, calling the situation "disheartening" and that it led to a "reprehensible" outcome. (Michael Bryant/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
This is a sign in a Starbucks located in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
A Starbucks robbery in Fresno, California, was thwarted on July 20, 2017, when customer Cregg Jerry used one of the establishment's chairs as a weapon. (KPIX-5 CBS San Francisco screenshot)
Starbucks customer Kayla Hart was ridiculed by Starbucks baristas on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, and given a cup labeled "Build a Wall." The company issued an apology when contacted by a Fox News affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Fox 46 Charlotte screenshot)
A Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino drink sits on display, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Philadelphia. Starbucks' entry into the unicorn food craze was released Wednesday and its popularity was too much for Colorado barista Braden Burson. He posted a video on Twitter complaining that the drink was difficult to make and he's "never been so stressed out" in his life. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino drink sits on display, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Philadelphia. Starbucks' entry into the unicorn food craze was released Wednesday and its popularity was too much for Colorado barista Braden Burson. He posted a video on Twitter complaining that the drink was difficult to make and he's "never been so stressed out" in his life. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino drink sits on display, Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Philadelphia. Starbucks' entry into the unicorn food craze was released Wednesday and its popularity was too much for Colorado barista Braden Burson. He posted a video on Twitter complaining that the drink was difficult to make and he's "never been so stressed out" in his life. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz speaks at Starbucks annual shareholders meeting in Seattle on March 22, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**
In this image taken on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, palm trees are planted in a flowerbed in front of Milan's gothic-era Duomo Cathedral, subsidized by Starbucks cafeteria chain for the next three years in Milan, Italy. Longtime CEO Howard Schultz's vision for Starbucks was largely inspired by the Milan coffee bars he experienced on his first trip to the northern Italian city in 1983. Schultz will continue on with the company to open ''the quintessential Roastery'' in Milan by the end of 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
In this image taken on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, a view of the old headquarters of the Italian post during renovation works to host the Starbucks cafeteria in Milan, Italy. Longtime CEO Howard Schultz's vision for Starbucks was largely inspired by the Milan coffee bars he experienced on his first trip to the northern Italian city in 1983. Schultz will continue on with the company to open ''the quintessential Roastery'' in Milan by the end of 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
In this image taken on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz gestures during an interview with the Associated Press at a Princi bakery in Milan, Italy. Longtime CEO Howard Schultz's vision for Starbucks was largely inspired by the Milan coffee bars he experienced on his first trip to the northern Italian city in 1983. Schultz will continue on with the company to open ''the quintessential Roastery'' in Milan by the end of 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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