Burger King and Starbucks Join Forces Against McDonald’s
*Have you ever wondered why Burger King with its flap jack hamburgers (double the size of McDonald’s), diverse menu selections (that actually offers different items not the same items in different...
View ArticleStarbucks Gears up for Super Sized Coffee
*The Starbucks franchise won’t be happy until they have everyone walking around doped up on the last legal addictive stimulant they push out of their stores. The newest product they’ll be soon pumping...
View ArticlePhoto: Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz Visits Leimert Park Store
Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz, select members of the community and the Leimert Park Starbucks staff (Photo credit: Malcolm Ali) LOS ANGELES, CA – On Friday, June 25, the Chairman and CEO of...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Prepares for $1 Billion Remodel
*McDonald’s is getting tired of the old look and trying to step into the new millennium. Several of the franchise’s locations have already been updated and are reaping the benefits of the new look....
View ArticleVideo: Mary J. Blige Records Original Song for DreamWorks’‘The Help’
*Mary J. Blige has written and recorded an original song for the soundtrack of DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media’s “The Help,” a film based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same...
View ArticleStarbucks Announces Store Partnership Model with Community Organizations in...
Carol’s Daughter Founder and CEO Lisa Price celebrates with Howard Schultz, Starbucks President and CEO *SEATTLE — As part of the company’s commitment to the communities where it does business,...
View Article‘Artisan’ is the New Phony?
*It appears that one news website is getting pissed off with retail marketing professionals who use specific terms in their products to get us to believe that we are actually buying something better....
View ArticleStarbucks Introduces New Blonde Roast Coffee
*Just in time for the New Year, Starbucks is hosting “Find the Roast You Love Most” to introduce their newest brewed coffee, the Starbucks Blonde Roast. Starbucks will be hosting tasting events to...
View Article‘Dumb’ Starbucks Coffe Shop? The Real Starbucks is Not Amused (Watch)
*You might want to file this under really Dumb Ideas. Last Friday a coffee shop in Los Feliz, California opened amidst little fanfare. They were passing out free coffee like it was going out of style....
View ArticleOprah Winfrey Teams with Starbucks for New Chai Tea Line
*Oprah Winfrey has expanded her vast empire to include tea, thanks to a new partnership with Starbucks. During the coffee retailer’s annual shareholder’s meeting, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz joined...
View ArticleWinfrey Toasts Her New ‘Teavana Oprah Chai Latte’ in New York
*While the world’s attention was focused on NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Oprah Winfrey was also in New York this afternoon …across town at the Teavana Fine Tea Bar promoting her new Teavana Oprah Chai...
View ArticleJune 20, 2014 – Black Hollywood Live’s ‘This Week’ (Watch)
*‘BHL: This Week’ — In this episode Black Hollywood Live hosts Derrial Christon, Nick Perdue and Dj Jesse Janedy discuss news for the week of June 20th, 2014. Jesse opens up with Aliyah & N.W.A....
View ArticleRihanna, Eminem, Jamie Foxx Join Veterans Day Gig on National Mall
*Rihanna, Eminem and Bruce Springsteen are among the headliners for a free Veterans’ Day concert on the National Mall in Washington, to be aired on HBO in an atypical partnership with Starbucks. The...
View ArticleStarbucks Tackles Race Relations With ‘Race Together’ Campaign (Watch)
*With race relations more shaky than ever, Starbucks is tackling the issue head on with “Race Together,” a new campaign organized by the popular chain it announced earlier this week. Chatting with...
View ArticleUSA Today Unites with Starbucks’‘Race Together’ Campaign
*Although Starbucks is taking the brunt of the criticism for it’s “Race Together” campaign, USA Today has been just as active in the effort. Richard Prince’s Journal-isms notes that the publication...
View ArticleStarbucks Employee Goes ‘Ballistic’ on Customer (Wait ‘Til U See Why’)
*You never know what a person’s breaking point will be. That “one thing” that will serve to actually piss them off. Could be that money you owe them that you appear to have no intention of paying back....
View ArticleWatch Nick Gordon Get Served in Lawsuit Claiming He Beat Bobbi Kristina
*Nick Gordon was officially served with a $10 million lawsuit accusing him of beating his girlfriend Bobbi Kristina Brown and stealing from her after she became hospitalized. Gordon was leaving a...
View ArticleFormer NBA All Star Vin Baker Training for Starbucks Manager Spot
*Life now for Vin Baker is a far cry from his days in the NBA. According to The Providence Journal, the 6-foot-11 former Seattle Supersonic center is training to manage a Starbucks franchise in North...
View Article‘Black People Don’t Drink Coffee’ Thinking Led to Shaq Missing Out on Millions
*You win some and for Shaquille O’Neal, he lost big time with turning down a chance to invest in Starbucks. According to Complex, the former NBA all-star had other things on his mind when the company’s...
View ArticleEx-NFLer Terrell Owens Faces Off with Racist Heckler (WATCH)
*Can’t we all just get along? Former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens has probably been called “n*gger” at least once in his life. For starters, he grew up in Alabama. He’s also built like a field...
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