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We’re encouraging our customers to make a simple shift of bringing in a reusable cup when visiting Starbucks during the holidays and throughout the year, as we’ve done for more than thirty years. When dreaming up holiday plans more than 18 months ago, they passed around one-pound coffee bags of the beloved brew, and took cues from some of these historic designs.įinally, our reusable holiday cups are part of our larger commitment to sustainability. The Starbucks Creative team found their inspiration in one of Starbucks most time-honored traditions: Starbucks Christmas Blend. They’ve become a symbol of the season for more than two decades, and this year we unveiled four newly-designed cups adorned with retro-graphic patterns, called Stripes, Flora, Espresso Houndstooth and Stargyle. We are humbled by how passionate our customers are about Starbucks holiday cups. While supplies last, customers can purchase the reusable red holiday cup for $2.50 in stores, and can bring their cup back all season long to receive $.50 off their grande (16 oz) holiday beverage order, through Jan.

Each store had a limited supply for Friday’s one-day giveaway, and we’re aware that some stores ran out. We are seeing an enthusiastic response to the return of Holiday beverages and cups at Starbucks, and to Friday’s limited-edition giveaway of our reusable red holiday cup. What was the point of this?'Īfter publication, Starbucks responded to TPG with the following statement: 'However, the 50-cent savings is only valid after 2pm, and, more interestingly, when I was ordering a holiday drink this week, it was served in a paper cup my reusable Starbucks cup.

'I managed to snag one at a Houston-area store around 10am, and was excited to save 50 cents on holiday drinks the rest of the season and save a few paper Starbucks cups making their way to the landfill,' she said. That's what happened to TPG Family editor Summer Hull. To add insult to injury, even if you did get the cup, you might notice that baristas still use a paper cup to make your drink then discard the paper cup after pouring your drink into your red holiday cup.

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'The store told my mother that they ran out of the designated stock of free cups.'

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'My mother was charged $2.50 plus tax for the free cup today in a Wisconsin store,' reader Primal Travel wrote. One commenter on TPG said Midwestern Starbucks employees started charging for the supposedly free cups. Eater rounded up a few choice posts from angry customers, including one woman who said that the cups at her local Starbucks were gone by 7:09am, and another who pointed out that she couldn't get the cup even though she was only the second person to use the drive-thru that day. Problem is, many Starbucks stores ran out of the red cups within minutes of opening, leaving furious, caffeine-deprived coffee addicts to lambaste the company on social media.

2, so those who missed their mocha frappuccinos Friday theoretically have to wait till 2019's holiday season for another reusable-holiday-cup fix. Unlike the paper holiday cups with designs so bland they seem engineered to avoid previous years' controversies, the red, reusable holiday cups come with 50-cent discounts on medium-sized Starbucks holiday beverages through Jan. What's more, at least one eagle-eyed caffeine fiend who actually got her mitts on a red Starbucks cup noticed that Starbucks employees fill it up by using, and then tossing out, a regular paper cup, meaning that the holiday cup may create more waste than if you'd never gotten it at all. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. I would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions.