Starbucks Coffee: Inside Information
What goes on inside a Starbucks coffee shop?
The “baristas” working in a Starbucks coffee shop usually work alternating shifts throughout the day.
The Starbucks coffee shop day is usually composed of two or three shifts.
Each shift may have two to four workers, depending on the number of customers.
Behind the counter, the floor is split into sections.
These are typically:
1. Register –this is the section customers are familiar with.
Also known as the Point of Sale, this is where you place your order for your favorite Starbucks coffee.
Pastries and beverages are also served here.
2. beverage station –this is where your coffee is prepared.
A Starbucks coffee beverage station usually has two parts:
a) espresso bar –this is where hot beverages are prepared.
Most of the drinks available at Starbucks coffee go through here,
even though some don’t really need shots of espresso.
The Coffee of the week and the brewed tea, though aren’t made in this station.
b) Cold beverages – is where Iced teas, Frappucino Blended Starbucks coffee beverages, iced coffees,
and Frappucino Blended Crème beverages are prepared.
The cold beverage station is not usually tended by a barista
unless high volumes of orders for cold drinks demand otherwise.
A barista usually alternates between the espresso bar and the cold drinks bar.
c) The pastry case and digital brewer – in a Starbucks coffee shop,
these two sections are commonly located together and opposite the register.
Thus, the barista at the register would only need to “slide” to get any pastries ordered by customers.
Baristas may also be employed as:
Floaters –as the name suggests, floaters “float” from one station to another,
doing miscellaneous duties and all-around jobs.
Café –in Starbucks coffee, this refers to cleaning and sanitizing the dining area,
including tables and the floor.
Inventory –depending upon the need of a store,
a barista may be assigned to take regular inventories.
Shift Supervisor – manages the store when the assistant manager is not available.
Most shift supervisors often assume the role of floaters, assisting every station, when necessary.
In a handbook given to every Starbucks coffee shop employee, there are rules to be followed.
These rules outline the behavior of Starbucks coffee employees.
Here are some of them:
* When an employee works for another company, at the same time with Starbucks coffee,
they must tell Starbucks, The company will then investigate if a “conflict of interest” exists.
If such a conflict is found, the employee’s job with Starbucks may be terminated.
* Workers in Starbucks coffee are forbidden to have “close relationships”
with anyone they supervise, or who supervises them.
If a case like that occurs, one of them will be transferred to another Starbucks coffee shop.
*Employees cannot take gifts from customers, except when refusal may “cause offense”.
These are just some rules that Starbucks coffee baristas adhere to,
and many more rules are used to bring order to the store.
This is just a taste of what goes on in a Starbucks coffee shop.
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