Starbucks Corp. will use its ubiquitous coffee cups to tell lawmakers to come up with a deal to avoid going over the fiscal cliff.
Chief Executive Howard Schultz is urging workers in Starbucks’ roughly 120 Washington-area shops to write “come together” on customers’ cups tomorrow and Friday, as President Obama and lawmakers return to work and attempt to revive fiscal-cliff negotiations that collapsed before the Christmas holiday.
Whether members of Congress actually drink in the message is another matter. While the concentration of Starbucks cafes is high in the vicinity of the White House, it’s relatively low near the US Capitol. Members of the House and Senate enjoy private dining facilities.
Shultz summarized the message of his campaign: “We’re paying attention, we’re greatly disappointed in what’s going on, and we deserve better.”