Rewards Program NOT honored

A store within any other store (grocery store, target, etc) are all
franchised stores so they are not obligated to participate in any
promotions. It's the same as with a fast food restaurant.

Well, they do provide disclosures; however few people chose to read
them. The majority of the replies are correct; a Starbucks inside,
say, Barnes & Noble, is not actually a Starbucks - it is a cafe
SERVING Starbucks coffee. Perhaps next time ask before ordering
whether they honor the rewards program, or go to a stand-alone store
that will be sure to. Either way, $150 seems excessive and it might do
well for your health to cut back a bit.

EVERY single starbucks I've ever gone to that's located within another
store has a sign stating that they cannot accept Starbucks cards.


Therefore rewards attached to those same cards can obviously not be
redeemed at locations that don't accept them.





There is no need to "educate" the employees since they are obviously
obeying the CORRECT rules in place.

Surely she meant $150/month!!

The Safeway Starbucks are a whole other monster. They are literally
pulled in two different directions and most of the promotions dont
count at all. Heck they can't even accept tips because it is against
Safeway policy.

Stores inside other stores are not likely to be corporate-owned. Stay
out of those if the reward program is important to you. Most
corporate stores will be stand-alones.

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Here's one clue: "corporate-owned" starbucks likely are the
stand-alone stores. The ones located inside another business likely
are NOT corporate-owned stores.

Honestly, if you can afford $600 a month on coffee, you don't need a
free drink.

$150.00 a week?? My lord buy a machine and make it at home.