Starbucks is trending again.

　　On the evening of June 6, the news that "Starbucks store was fined for expired coffee powder" attracted the attention of netizens.

　　Some netizens said: "Why is it Starbucks again, so expensive and using expired coffee powder."

Store fined for selling expired coffee

　　According to the Credit China website, recently, the Hangzhou Xiaohe Road store of Shanghai Starbucks Coffee Management Co., Ltd. was fined 10,000 yuan by the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Gongshu District, Hangzhou City for selling food that exceeded the expiration date.

　　It has been found out that since September 8, 2016, the Hangzhou Xiaohe Road Store of Shanghai Starbucks Coffee Management Co., Ltd. has been operating at Room 1121, 1122 and 1123, Building 1, Bingo Commercial Center, No. 306, Xiaohe Road, Gongshu District, Hangzhou. Prepackaged food sales, bulk food sales, hot food production and sales, and homemade beverage production and sales, etc.

　　Shanghai Starbucks Coffee Management Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Xiaohe Road Store purchased 6 boxes of portable drip coffee (Frona ground coffee powder) with a net content of 54 grams from Xingyuan (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. on June 9, 2021, with 69 The price of yuan/box is sold.

As of the incident, one of the 4 boxes of portable drip coffee (Frona ground coffee powder) remaining on the shelf has exceeded the shelf life of 2 days (the production date is February 15, 2021, and the shelf life is until December 2021.) 12), so the value of the goods involved in this case is 69 yuan.

On February 26, 2022, upon the application of the parties, the portable drip coffee involved in the case was destroyed.

　　According to Article 124(1)(5) of the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", Hangzhou Gongshu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau fined Shanghai Starbucks Coffee Management Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Xiaohe Road Store 10,000 yuan.

Frequent food safety issues

　　It is worth noting that in March, Starbucks encountered a "cockroach door" incident.

On March 10, some netizens broke the news that they drank live cockroaches in Starbucks.

The incident aroused heated discussions among netizens and even rushed to the hot search on Weibo.

　　On the afternoon of March 12, Starbucks China’s official Weibo responded: “After learning about the above-mentioned customers, Starbucks immediately retrieved the surveillance video of the relevant store. After verification, the store partners made the drink in strict accordance with the operation procedures of the drink, and used the Disposable airtight and leak-proof packaging specially designed for takeaway. At the same time, the store has a complete sterilization record. We also immediately invited a third-party pest service company to conduct on-site inspections on March 10 and 11, and carried out on-site inspections on related equipment. A thorough inspection was carried out and no related pest problems were found."

　　In December last year, according to media reports, two Starbucks stores in Wuxi had food safety issues such as the continued use of expired ingredients, and the clerks tampering with the shelf life of ingredients. Some ingredients even expired for a week.

　　At that time, Starbucks China said that it had closed the two stores as soon as possible and immediately launched an in-depth investigation.

　　Since then, the official website of Credit China shows that Shanghai Starbucks Coffee Management Co., Ltd. Wuxi Zhenze Road Store and Wuxi Changxing Building Store used expired food raw materials and operated expired food by tampering, replacing, and tearing up the shelf life labels of prepared food raw materials; The towel on the food contact surface failed to achieve special use, and was confiscated by the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Xinwu District, Wuxi City, and fined more than 690,000 yuan and 670,000 yuan respectively.

　　Shares of Starbucks have been trending lower since 2022.

As of the close on June 3, Starbucks’ stock price was reported at $79.05 per share, down 0.47%, with a total market value of $90.7 billion.