Fact Check: Starbucks Founder Schultz Did NOT Say Boycotts Had Sent Company Into 'Critical' Decline In July 2024
Did Starbucks founder and former CEO Howard Schultz say the "company has reached a critical point of decline amid global boycott," and did the BBC report his criticism, as a post on Instagram claimed? No, that's not true: A spokesperson for Starbucks Coffee Company told Lead Stories that this quote was "misinformation" and that there was "no record of this…