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A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of Starbucks - the shows and 16 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Starbucks has been a recurring focal point across retail and business strategy discussions, from traffic pattern analysis with Placer.ai's foot-traffic data to broader market performance updates alongside competitors like Domino's and LongHorn Steakhouse. The chain has also served as a case study for brand resilience and pivotal business moments, with insights from leaders like McKee Wallwork's Jonathan Lewis and perspectives from former Starbucks investor relations executives who have navigated the company's substantial market position and strategic inflection points.

Best shows on Starbucks

Best episodes on Starbucks

  1. #528: Leaders in Customer Loyalty: Brand Stories | How Nothing Bundt Cakes Turned a Dormant Rewards Program into an Award Winner

    Leaders in Customer Loyalty, Powered by Loyalty360 · 2026-06-04

    81 / 100

    …And so I don't want to last time you went to Starbucks, but last time I went, I got an iced chai latte and it was an $8 drink.…

  2. Retail’s Mid-Year Report Card With Ethan Chernofsky of Placer.ai | Ask An Expert

    Omni Talk Retail · 2026-07-02

    75 / 100

    …We're gonna do a full report in the future of Starbucks in the back to Starbucks era.…

  3. Episode 2 | Season 2: What are the headwinds affecting DEI? And what are some strategies to address them?

    Steps to Change: A Learning & Development Podcast · 2025-01-30

    72 / 100

    …But the minute that they received any sort of pushback, such as Robbie Starbucks, who is being incredibly vocal, then their board members are the ones that were saying, look, we really need to pull back and protect the integrity of the company.…

  4. S4e01 How To Be Bold with Ranjay Gulati

    The Mindful Leadership Podcast with Shahana Banerjee · 2026-01-18

    70 / 100

    …I mean, Howard Schultz starting Starbucks was the third place.…

  5. Navigating Pivotal Moments in Business: Jonathan Lewis, President of McKee Wallwork, on Brand Resilience and Growth

    The Brand Called You · 2026-06-23

    64 / 100

    …It's very much like, um, Starbucks today where they've had some struggles the last few years and much of it is because they forgot who they are.…

  6. #179 - Will Hughes on Copy Culture In The Digital Space, Creative Thinking And The Opposite Approach

    Smarter Destiny Podcast · 2023-04-21

    61 / 100

    …Right? It's the oppos it of what Starbucks is doing.…

  7. Domino’s CEO’s surprising announcement, LongHorn Steakhouse’s shocking performance, and a bevy of Starbucks news

    Extra Serving: A restaurant industry podcast · 2026-06-29

    58 / 100

    …And Starbucks is expanding a, uh, new role throughout its coffeehouses.…

  8. Former Starbucks IR SVP: How a Homeless Teenager Ended Up Managing $130 Billion Market Cap on Wall Street

    The Diary of a CFO · 2026-05-21

    55 / 100

    …Tiffany is a global investor relations executive, recently serving as senior vice president at Starbucks, where she managed nearly $130 billion in market capitalization and directed Starbucks' Wall Street engagement and financial communication strategy.…

  9. No Turning Back: Final Episode

    No Turning Back · 2022-08-09

    55 / 100

    …Rosalind Brewer was an early guest of no Turning Back, originally joining Stan and Chris when she was group President and Chief Operating Officer of Starbucks Corporation.…

  10. The Players Nobody Saw

    We Are Not A Family · 2026-05-29

    51 / 100

    …Eventually, Schultz bought Starbucks, then a small company of six stores for $3.8 million, merged it into Il Giornale, and kept the Starbucks name and brand.…

  11. What happened to Starbucks ? A Marketers Persepective.

    The Big Brand Theory · 2024-08-14

    38 / 100

    …hello everybody welcome back to another episode of the big brand theory i hope by this time you are well aware that Starbucks basically ousted their latest Indian CEO and replaced him with the current CEO of Chipotle.…

  12. TB47 - A SPECIAL Guest That You Cannot Afford to Miss!

    Team Business · 2022-10-18

    26 / 100

    …Starbucks, McDonald's.…

  13. 498: What Starbucks & Dunkin' Teach Us About Referral Marketing

    The NO BULL$H!# Marketing Podcast · 2023-02-02

  14. Starbucks with Connie Birdsall

    A Change of Brand · 2021-10-12

  15. How Starbucks Howard Schultz Forged the Third Place

    The CEO Diary with Fexingo · 2026-07-10

  16. How Howard Schultz Built Starbucks Third Place Philosophy

    The CEO Diary with Fexingo · 2026-07-08