Starbucks Introduces $1 Reusable Cups

The cups will be cleaned with boiling water at each refill and customers will get $0.10 off their coffee when they reuse.

Starbucks is introducing an affordable way for its customers to reduce waste. The Huffington Post reports that starting today, Starbucks will offer $1 reusable cups. Customers who use the cups, which look like the standard paper cups with the Starbucks logo, will get a dime off their beverage. The cups will be cleaned in boiling water by Starbucks staff each time they are brought in for use. According to its website, Starbucks has a goal to serve five percent of beverages in personal reusable tumblers by 2015.

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Buy One, Get One Holiday Drinks at Starbucks this Week

Starbucks holding its Buy One, Share One holiday drink event again this week.

The holidays are right around the corner, slow down and share some time with a special person in your life. Beginning today, local Starbucks stores will be holding another Buy One, Share One event. The event ends Sunday, Dec. 16. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., when you purchase one of Starbucks' holiday beverages – a caramel brûlée latte, peppermint mocha, or gingerbread latte – you'll get a second one free. Take advantage of the Buy One, Share One event at Starbucks Coffee: 707 Street Rd, Southampton.

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Starbucks Offering Buy One, Get One Free Holiday Drinks

The coffee giant launches their "Buy One, Share One" event Thursday.

Baby, it's getting cold outside, but a coffee between friends can warm up any day. Beginning today, local Starbucks stores will begin the Buy One, Share One event, through Nov 18. From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., when you purchase one of Starbucks' holiday beverages – a Caramel Brûlée Latte, Peppermint Mocha, or Gingerbread Latte – you'll get a second one free. Take advantage of the Buy One, Share One event at these local Starbucks stores: Southampton Starbucks Huntingdon Valley Starbucks

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Patch to Hold 'Office Hours' at HV Starbucks

Come out to the Huntingdon Valley Starbucks Thursday morning and enjoy a cup of coffee with your local Patch editor.

Have questions about Patch? Or just want to put a face to the Facebook posts and tweets that you follow? Upper Southampton Patch Editor Jennifer Mohan, Warminster Patch Editor Jim Boyle, Hatboro-Horsham Patch Editor Theresa Katalinas and Lower Moreland Patch and Upper Moreland-Willow Grove Patch Editor Rob Chakler will be holding "Office Hours" at the Huntingdon Valley Starbucks this morning from 10 to 11 a.m. Stop by and we will show you how to sign up for the newsletter, help you claim your business listing or upload an announcement to the site.  Interested in blogging? We will be glad to help you get started.   Or, just stop by to say hello and get a Patch pen. Hope to see you there!

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Celebrate National Coffee Week with Patch

This week is National Coffee Week; visit with Patch editors while you celebrate.

Here at Patch we can't think of anything that goes better with a cup of coffee than a dose of hyper-local news.  So while you partake in celebrating the most caffeinated of holidays, stop by and say hello to Upper Southampton Patch Editor Jennifer Mohan and Northampton Patch Editor Jesseka Kadylak during our office hours. We will be Patching it up at the Southampton Starbucks on Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. Stop by and we will show you how to sign up for the newsletter, help you claim your business listing or just to talk about your story ideas. Interested in blogging? We will be glad to help you get started.   Or, just stop by to say hello and get a Patch pen. Hope to see you there.

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Starbucks Offers Free Refreshers Drink Today

Customers can try the company's new energy drink from noon to 3 p.m. on Friday.

Here's two fabulous words for a summer day: free and Starbucks. The coffee giant will be offering a free tall (12-ounce) Refreshers beverage from noon to 3 p.m. on Friday. The flavors are Cool Lime, which includes real lime, and Very Berry Hibiscus, which features whole blackberries. And with a high temperature of 91 degrees forecast for today in Southampton, a cool beverage will surely hit the spot.  There is a limit of one drink per person, and it is available while supplies last.

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Starbucks Launches 'Create Jobs for USA'

Starbucks launches 'Create Jobs for USA' to help the U.S. job market.

The Starbucks Coffee Company has teamed up with Opportunity Finance Network to launch Create Jobs for USA, which will "pool donations from Starbucks customers, partners (employees) and concerned citizens into a nationwide fund for community business lending." According to a Starbucks issued press release, Create Jobs for USA will accept donations online at www.CreateJobsforUSA.org and at nearly 6,800 company-operated Starbucks stores in the United States. The program started at Starbucks locations on Tuesday.  Donors who contribute $5 or more will receive a red, white, and blue wristband with the message “Indivisible.” According to the release, the wristband is designed to serve as a symbol of Americans uniting with other Americans to help…

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Southampton Starbucks Hosts Stackpole Student Poetry Reading

To celebrate National Poetry Month, a class of fourth grade students held a poetry reading at the Southampton Starbucks, featuring works by some of their favorite poets as well as some original works of their own.

Students from Stephanie Badulak's class congregated at the Southampton Starbucks to honor National Poetry Month.  Nineteen of "The Great 8's" (their classroom number being 8) participated in the reading Thursday evening, each student reading at least one poem he or she had written and one by a favorite author. A large crowd of parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, and innocent bystanders turned out and were awed by the students' literary prowess.      

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Stackpole Students to Hold Poetry Reading at Starbucks

In celebration of National Poetry Month, a group of fourth-grade students will hold a poetry reading at the end of April.

On Thursday, April 28th, Stephanie Badulak and her fourth grade class will descend upon the Southampton Starbucks to host their annual poetry reading.   April is National Poetry Month after all and Badulak feels the event is the perfect way to honor it – as well as celebrate all the things the class has learned about poetry over the course of the year.  “The kids have written several poems throughout the year,” said Badulak.  “We did limericks, haikus, and something I call simile poems.  We learn about rhyme, rhythm, and all those things.” Each student that participates in the event will be reading two poems – one written by themselves and another by a favorite, published poet.  It’s a great way for a ten-year-old to dip his or her feet …

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