No more free internet or public bathroom breaks for Starbucks guests. If you want to hang out here, you'll have to pay.

The new rule comes as part of a push by Starbucks' new chairman and CEO, Brian Niccol, to reinvigorate the chain's sagging sales. Niccol has said that he wants Starbucks to recapture the community coffeehouse feeling it used to have, before long drive-thru ...

Starbucks announced on Monday that it would no longer allow people who haven’t purchased something from its coffee shops to stay in its stores or use its bathrooms.

The world's largest coffee café chain announced on Monday a reversal on a policy where visitors will not now be required to purchase something, anything if they want to hang out at their facility and use the restroom.

Starbucks announced a new code of conduct for its North American stores that reverses a 2018 policy that allowed non-paying customers to use its facilities.

Starbucks is reversing its open-door policy, requiring customers to make a purchase before using restrooms or occupying seats at company-owned locations in North America. The new rules, effective January 27,

Starbucks is reversing its open-door policy after almost seven years, now requiring that people make a purchase if they want to hang out at its coffee shops or use its restrooms. The coffee giant said on Monday that a new code of conduct – which will be posted in all company-owned North American stores – will also ban discrimination or harassment,

By the end of the month, you'll need to buy something or be with someone buying something if you want to hang out at Starbucks or use the bathroom.

Starbucks is rolling back a policy that allowed people to hang out there or use the bathroom without buying anything. Why it matters: The chain implemented the policy in 2018, following a national uproar when two Black men who hadn't purchased anything were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia.

Starbucks is reversing a policy that allowed individuals to remain in stores without paying for any items as part of new rules meant to increase staff and customer safety. The coffee chain will start to post signage explicitly banning harassment,

Starbucks announced its plan to reverse its bathroom policy on free bathroom usage as part of its new code of conduct on Monday (January 13). The popular coffee chain is prohibiting bathroom usage without purchase,