Hi there, it’s Brad and I’m leading our ongoing efforts to provide you with everyday value. We appreciate your ideas for improving our rewards offerings, and have worked hard to incorporate them into Starbucks Gold, a new membership program for people who really love their Starbucks. Although we can’t act on every idea we receive, we feel this new membership is in line with what you’re asking for – significant everyday savings, flexible payment options, and member recognition. This is a great deal for those of you who come into our stores several times a week and are looking for savings on many items from espresso beverages to espresso machines. Here’s how … more »

If you’ve spent much time on this website, you know that the “bold coffee” topic is one of the most discussed. This discussion has been a great source of dialog for the Beverage Team in our headquarters, and based on this we’d like to give you an update and ask for more of your creative ideas to address it. But first, a quick bit of history if you are new to MyStarbucksIdea.com or the various online discussions around this topic. In April we introduced a coffee called Pike Place™ Roast in the US. This new blend was developed in direct response to feedback from customers that they were looking for: 1) a consistent “every day” blend from Starbucks, and … more »

One of the fun things about working on MyStarbucksIdea is that sometimes an idea comes in to the site and to the company at large that is so timely and perfectly expressed that everyone both in the community and the company immediately gets excited about it On 10/7 BillMac posted an idea called " Free Cup of Starbucks Coffee for Voters " and a similar theme was echoed by JavaOcha, Geraldo, rsj211, epiphanygalore, and a few others. Basically all of you thought it would be a great idea to encourage voting by offering free coffee to those who vote. BillMac’s idea rocketed to the top 10 of currently popular ideas. This idea coincided perfectly with the launch of Shared Planet last … more »

My Starbucks Idea will be unavailable Friday, October 10th starting at 8 pm PDT for routine maintenance and upgrades. One benefit of this site maintenance is we should see faster load times as you are cruising through the site - sharing your ideas, voting, commenting, and then checking the Ideas in Action section of the site. Come back on Saturday, the site should be rarin’ to go. We look forward to your ideas. Keep them coming.

The Idea Partner team has been busy combing through the site and reading your ideas. Here are a few of the ideas that caught our attention and are currently under review: Sell Reusable Sleeves Posted by meme to Other Product Ideas Gluten free Posted by akPit to Food Transfer Card Balance Posted by ygo2slow to Starbucks Card Keep the ideas coming …

Today the fifth GOOD sheet arrives at Starbucks. This week’s topic is Education. Join the conversation at www.starbucks.com . GOOD sheets were introduced at Starbucks on September 11. Every Thursday a new topic is presented. Past topics have included Gas Prices, Immigration, Health Care, and Carbon Emissions. Next week’s topic is The Economy. Have the GOOD sheets stirred conversation? Tell us…

After a spirited few days of voting and commenting, we have the results of our recent polls asking whether you would change your visiting habits if we changed our tattoo and piercing policies for store employees. What you said seemed to be that (at least the MSI community) is pretty ok with tattoos, but not as sure about piercings. Here are the full questions, results, and a link to the discussion about each. Would visible but unobtrusive tattoos on employees make you: 5%: Stop Visiting 8% : Visit Less 74%: Visit the Same 13%: Visit More See the full conversation here: Tattoos Would more visible piercings on employees make you: 10%: Stop Visiting 26%: Visit Less 57%: Visit the Same 5%: Visit … more »