{"id":15795,"date":"2025-04-16T08:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=15795"},"modified":"2025-04-16T08:08:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:08:57","slug":"starbucks-introduces-a-strict-new-dress-code-for-baristas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/starbucks-introduces-a-strict-new-dress-code-for-baristas\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks Introduces a Strict New Dress Code for Baristas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Starbucks wants the green apron to be the star of the show.<\/p>\n<p>Starting May 12, Starbucks is &#8220;evolving&#8221; its dress code in all stores that will allow its &#8220;iconic green apron to shine,&#8221; the company <a href=\"https:\/\/about.starbucks.com\/stories\/2025\/updating-our-dress-code-for-a-more-consistent-coffeehouse-experience\/\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">announced on its blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new &#8220;simplified color options&#8221; will &#8220;create a sense of familiarity for our customers, no matter which store they visit across North America,&#8221; the company wrote.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-ceo-to-workers-after-layoffs-were-not-effective\/488043\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">&#8216;We&#8217;re Not Effective&#8217;: Starbucks CEO Tells Corporate Employees to &#8216;Own Whether or Not This Place Grows&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since taking over as CEO in September 2024, Chief Executive Brian Niccol has implemented a slew of changes to improve lagging sales. This includes cutting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-is-cutting-13-drinks-from-its-menu-next-week-list\/487608\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">30% of its menu<\/a>, adding new directives like making coffee in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-sets-barista-time-goals-to-reduce-waiting\/489235\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">under four minutes<\/a>, and writing customers&#8217; names down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-wants-to-turn-things-around-with-sharpies-mugs\/482207\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">Sharpies on their cups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is the New Starbucks Barista Dress Code?<\/h2>\n<p>Starbucks is calling the new dress code a &#8220;more defined color palette,&#8221; which means a solid black (only) crewneck, collared, or button-up shirt in either short and long-sleeves.<\/p>\n<p>For bottoms, crewmembers can wear &#8220;any shade&#8221; of khaki, black, or blue denim. The company said it is also making a new line of company-branded T-shirts that will be &#8220;available to partners, who will receive two at no cost.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/starbucks-dress-code-black-shirt-union-b7dd93b93c6c13448606545fb3f1778f\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">AP notes<\/a> that in 2019, Starbucks began allowing one facial piercing for its front-facing employees, and that still stands with the new dress code.<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks has more than <a href=\"https:\/\/about.starbucks.com\/stories\/2025\/our-starbucks-mission\/\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">40,000 stores<\/a> worldwide, with <a href=\"https:\/\/investor.starbucks.com\/news\/financial-releases\/news-details\/2024\/Starbucks-Reports-Q4-and-Full-Fiscal-Year-2024-Results\/default.aspx\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">16,941<\/a> in the U.S. The company has used the green apron as its symbol since 1987.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-cuts-the-number-of-drinks-allowed-in-mobile-orders\/486718\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">Starbucks Is Limiting Mobile Orders to Reclaim the Coffeehouse&#8217;s &#8216;Connection&#8217; With Customers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/starbucks-introduces-a-strict-new-dress-code-for-baristas\/490077\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks wants the green apron to be the star of the show. Starting May 12, Starbucks is &#8220;evolving&#8221; its dress code in all stores that will allow its &#8220;iconic green apron to shine,&#8221; the company announced on its blog. The new &#8220;simplified color options&#8221; will &#8220;create a sense of familiarity for our customers, no matter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/content\/3x2\/2000\/1744747434-Starbucks-Partners-1-scaled.jpg?format=pjeg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15797,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15795\/revisions\/15797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}