Lawsuit: Starbucks intentionally underfills lattes to save money

[WhiteTara]

http://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Lawsuit-Starbucks-intentionally-underfills-6922370.php

A lawsuit filed in a federal district court Wednesday claims that Starbucks habitually underfills its servings of lattes in an attempt to save money on milk.
The class action complaint comes from two California residents from San Francisco and Carlsbad and was filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California.
It claims, on behalf of all Starbucks latte consumers, that Starbucks falsely advertises the volume of its drinks because they are about 25 percent underfilled.
The suit also points out that baristas intentionally leave one-quarter of an inch of room between the surface of the foam and the lip of the cup, per company policy.
Starbucks issued a statement Friday saying the complaint is meritless.

the lawsuit says Starbucks owes customers $5,000,000

[Orrex]

1. Now that's what I call grounds for a lawsuit.

Heigh-o!

[msongs]

2. over fill the cup = spills = lawsuits for burning customers.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Considering the profit margin on every cup of coffee, they were being stupid to pull this stunt.

[snooper2]

4. Or it is some lazy grifters who found a lawyer to take the case

[In_The_Wind]

7. That's more likely.

As a former manager of an ice cream shop that sold coffee, we almost counted every sprinkle on the cones. Nothing we sold was ever underweight!

[eShirl]

5. They need to order cups that allow a rim above the 100% correct amount of liquid.

this should be basic

[ashling]

6. alrighty then -- 4 things:

1) for an assignment in civil procedure in law school I drew up a complaint against KFC for not having chicken livers

2) how to know you've been drinking too much coffee

3) suggestion: go somewhere else

4) get a life

[yellowcanine]

8. That sounds a bit over the top to me.

[romanic]

9. I would file a lawsuit against them

for having crap coffee. Every Sbux I've been to, the coffee tastes like burnt water. The coffee at my local cafe and the coffee at Tim Horton's near where I live is superior to that overpriced crap.

[randome]

10. They gotta milk this for all it's worth.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[HuckleB]

11. 25 percent under-filled?

And these just walked out of the store without saying anything?

Something is fishy in NoCal.