Miscellaneous
Standard for partners purchasing merchandise.
What is the updated Merchandise Availability and Partner Purchase Standards?
Track your hours in this system for the next benefits eligibility audit on July 6, 2026, for hours paid between Jan 6, 2026, and July 5, 2026.
What is Partner Central?
The date our Label Routing Dashboard will be integrated into the Digital Production Manager (DPM)
When is 1/16/2026?
Who is Gabby?
CLs will now be able to create and adjust custom routing templates from this tool
What are store ipads?
Building skills such as coaching, prioritizing, planning, and decision-making across the team.
What is developing talent?
Can support with any questions you have about your quarterly bonus payout.
Who is manager or PRO Business Partner?
Third-party service provider, that will complete two facilities inspections per year in every coffeehouse.
What is Shiftsmart Facilities Inspections?
For U.S. mainland partners this is taking place on January 6, 2026 measuring hours paid between July 6, 2025 and January 5, 2026.
When is the benefits eligibility audit?
Beginning on this date “Extra Hot” will print on the beverage label for all hot milk-based Delivery beverages.
When is 12/30/2025?
This partner went to Disneyland 54 times over the span of one year.
Who is Ali?
Primary tool on manager's macbooks for manually updating recipes on the Clover Vertica and Merrychef Ovens
What is The KitchenSync app?
Drive Back to Starbucks priorities and use the Grow Report to identify areas to elevate the coffeehouse experience.
What is Coffeehouse readiness?
This is tied to your individualized sales target at the store level for shift managers (SFMs), ASMs and CLs, and at the district level for DMs.
What is FY26 Q2 RMIP?
These stores must consult Partner Relations before proceeding with any involuntary separations.
What are union represented stores?
The standard 520 paid hours (20 hours per week average during measurement period)
What is the benefits eligibility hours requirement?
Until this date the SPA Tool will display inaccurate data in the Min Policy, Actual Hrs. R4 and Actual Hrs. R13 fields.
When is 1/13/2026?
This partner was born in Michigan.
Who is Peter?
Received in January mailpack to support the coffee tasting for your Back to Starbucks meeting.
What is 1971 Tasting Placemats?
Reviewing talent mix and consider available opportunities to grow partner skills
What is Partner planning?
For discretionary expenses like meetings, events and partner recognition, you work with this person.
Who is your DM or RD?
The label routing dashboard will still be accessible here after the system update
What is POS and Back Office PC?
Receiving a letter in the mail from the Starbucks Benefits Center the week of January 26, 2026, that outlines your next steps.
What is gaining benefits eligibility?
FY26 Q1 RMIP statements will be available in the Incentive(s) Statement portlet within Partner Central
When is on 1/26/2026
This partner went to school for Graphic Design!
Who is Dustin?
Print and Post the "Hourly Incentive" in this area throughout Q2 and Q3 of FY26
What is Back of House?
CLs will host SSV PDCs and DMs will host ASM PDCs during this timeframe.
When is 2/2 – 2/22?
This tool supports p-card use
What is "Managing P-card/Paid Out Expenses Decision Key"?
Clothing,Entertainment,Restaurants,Other Supplies/Miscellaneous
What are disabled merchant codes?
The number you call when you lose benefits eligibility in a letter the week of 1/26/2026
What is (877) SBUX-BEN?
Winter Promotion launches
When is 1/06/2026
This partner buys a used copy of their favorite book, Wurthering Heights, anytime they travel somewhere new!
Who is Jennifer?
Additional guidance on irregular attendance patterns and clarified when CLs should consult Partner Relations.
What is Attendance and Punctuality?
By this date all stores will utilize 60 minutes of Non-Coverage to prepare for Artisanal Bakery Case launch
When is 2/4/2026
Pcard use is approved for these items : Ice, dairy, and office supplies.
What are business-critical items?
This tool will retire with the Winter Promo.
What is Back of House offline recipe app?
A one-time $250 award for every eligible hourly partner in the top 10% of coffeehouses with the lowest customer complaint rate from Q2 through Q3 of FY26.
What is the Green Apron Service Hourly Incentive?
Every partner must complete a Partner Guide Acknowledgement in MyLearning
When is 1/31/2026?
This partner once lived in Hawaii for a year!
Who is Rochelle?
To help you operate like an owner, this tool has been updated to strengthen business acumen
What is the Analyzing Profit & Loss and Expense Details Reports Procedure?
The amount of time scheduled for each partner to complete two Spring Promotional Training modules in MyLearning
What is 45 minutes?
No longer to be used at merchants where the P-card cannot be used.
What are Paid outs?
This partner collects smashed pennies from the places they have visited.
Who is Lexi?
This partner has lived in 7 different states, and has traveled to 15 others in their life.
Who is Alissa?