How bad are your shortages?(self.starbucksbaristas)
submitted by Wheresmyrhino
I work at a pretty high profile store in NYC right in the middle of the city. We ran out of hazelnut, toffee nut, cinnamon dolce and pineapple ginger ages ago. We have customers complain about the shortages, but we definitely have far more syrups than the average store (thankfully). How bad has it gotten for some of you guys?
darbusparkus105 points1y ago
we ran out of all of those things along with guava and peach tea, salt packs (???), splenda (omg people are PISSED about this one), cookie dough cake pops, the sprouted grains bagel, all of the wraps except for the spinach feta, and i’m probably forgetting something … but yeah …. it’s been rough
Wheresmyrhino [OP]50 points1y ago
We ran out of Splenda a solid 1.5 months ago and people are still mad. I know the peach, guava and breakfast wraps got discontinued. Just waiting for the inevitable vanilla and caramel shortage. Even my store ran out of them today
DizzyCroutons30 points1y ago
I am under the impression it’s *temporarily* discontinued, not gone forever.
KindheartednessNo4014 points1y ago
They are temporarily discontinued, but this has happened to a lot of products where they start off as temporary, and then the discontinuation becomes permanent. Unless corporate sees a massive drop in profits, these discontinuations could be permanent.
a-plasticine-dream14 points1y ago
wait, peach and guava got discontinued? I thought they were just out, like the blackberries we haven't had for 4 months
Wheresmyrhino [OP]17 points1y ago
I’m pretty sure they’re discontinuing them. They discontinued the very berry for us. Maybe it’s a regional thing
a-plasticine-dream9 points1y ago
wild! as far as I knew, the berries were just put on hold due to problems with the warehouses. We only just started selling the refresher again so that we don't waste it. and the juice thing is bound to make so many more people mad haha
tenthwalker3 points1y ago
Literally every communication we've gotten has said temporary, idk why every third barista on here seems to keep thinking it's permanent after they *just* shipped us the new refresher pitchers and lids not too long ago and have continued communicating in the weekly updates about estimated shortages continuing
throwaway124563556441 points1y ago
Nah, peach, guava, Very Berry and their pieces are all temporarily discontinued for pretty much every US store
Ashamed_Equal1 points1y ago
Starbucks posted something on Instagram about the refreshers and DID NOT include VBH, so safe to say it’s discontinued
jams10153 points1y ago
We were told Very Berry and Sf CD were discontinuations and the rest were temporary in our district.
[deleted]5 points1y ago
Didn't know what honey blend was until it came back. Lol
kizzythaboss1 points1y ago
I legit was able to order a shit ton of it. Nobody really asks for it so we have an overabundance now. 🤦🏾♀️
darbusparkus1 points1y ago
oof i simply do not know what we would do if we ran out of those 😭
my_anus_exploded7 points1y ago
Oh man, we keep running out of splenda too and people go into a rage when you don't have it. I just cannot understand because splenda is d i s g u s t i n g.
mern_2 points1y ago
People get SO upset about Splenda it’s wild 😂😂 I’ve just been ordering it on our Office Depot order
maggievestal23 points1y ago
we don’t have toffee but, peppermint, hazelnut, venti iced cups, green tea (help), siracha, classic, vanilla from time to time, and sandwich bags
they discontinued the cookie dough cakepops
jawil72320 points1y ago
They've been shortages for so long I think they're longages now.
Flying_Nuggets18 points1y ago
I also work the city, people get mad at us for not having Splenda. So my shift had to buy a big box of them. We ran out of tall cold cups, short lids, recently we’ve been running out of strawberry açaí and lemonade.
Wheresmyrhino [OP]8 points1y ago
Oh, crazy to see someone else from the city. It seems like everything varies a lot by district. My old store in Queens has some stuff that we don’t have and vice versa
everything4jimin17 points1y ago
We’ve been out of sf and reg. cinnamon dolce, toffee nut, hazelnut, peppermint, raspberry, Splenda, granulated sugar, peach, guava, green tea, sw and bacon sausage wraps and berry hibiscus. Other random outages over the last couple of weeks like oatmilk and almond milk. The really good one this week has been caramel drizzle. CARAMEL DRIZZLE. We had to start filling the bottles with dark caramel and then we ran out of that too😭 and NO ONE reads the signs we have posted at the registers and on the speaker box in the drive-thru with all of our outages
awkardNeph10 points1y ago
Sf cinnamon dolce is permanently discontinued
everything4jimin1 points1y ago
I know berry hibiscus has been discontinued for sure but I thought the sf cinn dolce being gone too was just a rumor from tik tok?
cinnamonmarigold13 points1y ago
The worst so far has been losing mocha, grande iced cups, and cold brew
lewabwee13 points1y ago
We ran out of cold brew a few times and just used some dark roast instead. I think it was Sumatra.
SewOnAndSewForth10 points1y ago
We’re out of all cake pops, RFT, RHS, all bagels, peach, guava, very berry, cinnamon dolce, toffee nut, hazelnut, raspberry, regular sugar packets, Splenda, lem, apple juice, mocha, caramel drizzle, sriracha, and dark caramel…. And that’s just what I can remember off the top of my head.
Kmsss7 points1y ago
People don’t know the difference between “discontinued” and a temporary stop production. 😑
Wheresmyrhino [OP]2 points1y ago
Well, some of the stuff has been discontinued. Some hasn’t. The likelihood is that Starbucks will bring back some of the stuff that has been in shortage and leave some others off the menu. So, technically some items will end up being discontinued eventually
gabbysafari7 points1y ago
the ONLY syrups we have are vanilla, SF vanilla, caramel, brown sugar, funnel cake, classic, liquid cane, and now recently honey blend. there was a point where we were out of vanilla too and that caused chaos.
Vegetable_Turnover517 points1y ago
Splenda honeyblend Cinnamon dolce toffee nut Hazelnut soy oatmilk coffee base green tea lemonade aprons glazed donuts blonde espresso
Blue-Jay276 points1y ago
We're out of all kinds of stuff but I think the funniest one is that we're out of sugar packets. Like, it's just plain sugar how is there a shortage? But we're also out of double-smoked bacon breakfast sandwiches, cookie dough cake pops, a lot of syrups (I'm still fairly new and I can't tell what is temporarily gone and what is discontinued or seasonal), and we've had spotty supplies of strawberry acai and large dome lids.
lilcherry026 points1y ago
we dont even have like regular white sugar, every day a new thing is out, I genuinely am baffled
croissantboyy5 points1y ago
we ran out of ice today
LegendOfJakelope6 points1y ago
Our ice machine was broken for several days. 😬 We had t buy ice from the grocery stores nearby, along with lemonade. I have pictures of my car loaded up with ice bags.
YorkTownBratty5 points1y ago
We’re out of every syrup but funnel cake, vanilla, brown sugar, caramel, mocha, white mocha, classic, and liquid cane. We just got the honey blend back and only have stevia or sugar in the raw. It sucks rn but at least we have food again. There was a solid month where we only had bagels and even those ran out. We are out of all cake pops though🤕
notspookymonth4 points1y ago
idk EVERYTHING were out of, but ive only been working at my location for two or three weeks now and without fail EVERY SINGLE DAY someones asked for lemonade and weve literally never had it
Decent_Macaron34443 points1y ago
we just got honey blend back. we r out of hazelnut, toffee nut, cinnamon dolce, pineapple ginger, peach, guava, very berry hibiscus, we ran out of caramel drizzle for a bit, we ran out of honey and agave (its on and off), mango for a bit, strawberry pieces at times, dark caramel for a couple days, a couple of sandwiches and egg bites, cakepops (on and off), oatmilk ofc in like april, grande/venti lids, raspberry, apple juice, we just got green tea back but i think we just ran out of it... it all happened so fast.., blonde espresso for a day, sriracha, short cups is on and off, and i think that's abt it.
dexterwolf13 points1y ago
Bro I believe we have it the worse. Out of: splenda, sugar, peach, guava, all cake pops, sprouted grain bagel, wraps, all eggs except kale, caramel (we’ve been using dark), cinnamon dolce, raspberry, hazelnut, toffee, agave, grilled cheese, almost all warming pastries except banana nut, and almond croissant, apple juice, sriracha… and there’s always more but that’s all i remember
just FINALLY restocked honey blend, and strawberry açaí, salt lemonade.
Guilty_Owlz3 points1y ago
We haven't had peach, guava, roasted ham and swiss, white sugar, or ham and cheese croissants for several months now (also no wraps besides spinach feta, but we can't tell if they're being discontinued or not?). Been out of toffeenut, hazlenut, and cinnamon dolce for several weeks now. And we just ran out of caramel drizzle and splenda today. We're set to run out of white mocha tomorrow. And we have a really weird pastry shortage because they keep cycling lol. We also just got honey blend back in after several weeks without (but now no honey lol) and we briefly ran out of pike the other day.
truecrimeANDchill3 points1y ago
Lemonade, Matcha, Pineapple ginger, Toffee nut, Hazelnut, Peppermint, Raspberry, Cinnamon Dolce, Caramel drizzle, Dark caramel, Berry hibiscus, Guava, Peach, Apple juice, Multifolds, Splenda, RHS, BSW, SWVW, CDCP, HCCT, Sprouted Grain Bagels, Plain Bagels, Short cups, Royal English Breakfast, Chai tea bags, Siracha, & Warming bags
Just off the top of my head lol
vaselinecult2 points1y ago
we literally ran out of espresso machine cleaner 😐 half the menu is gone
Ashamed_Equal2 points1y ago
We are out of all refreshers, all wraps, straws, grande iced cups (including the water cups), all syrups except for vanilla, caramel, classic, honey, and funnel cake, half and half, ham and cheese croissants, vbh, brownies, cookies, cake pops, apple juice, all prepackaged drinks (no bottled anything, no canned anything), guava, peach, lemonade … and that’s just the stuff I can think of off the top of my head
kysterrgreenbean2 points1y ago
no splenda, regular sugar, guava, peach, cake pops (all of them), toffee nut, hazel nut, cinnamon dolce, short straws?? we just got the honey syrup back. mango dragonfruit is gone, haven’t had it for more than a week.
Canadiansbux2 points1y ago
Ran out of caramel for 3 months Vanilla for 2 weeks Mdr for 3 weeks then Sar for 2 weeks so far. I was smart and ordered extra of syrups before they temporarily stopped production. So we are only out of pineapple ginger. And my DM said very berry is discontinued.
Wheresmyrhino [OP]1 points1y ago
Don’t let the very berry fan boys see this. They might use all your food markouts
LeiyoZynne2 points1y ago
So far we are out of toffee nut, hazelnut, honey, Splenda, pineapple ginger, cinnamon dolce, sugar free vanilla, all berries except kiwi, peppermint, all wraps except spinach feta, ham and Swiss croissant, cookie dough cake pops, peach, guava, sprouted grain bagel, and have been running out of lemonade, grande iced cups/lids, and blonde espresso every couple weeks. It's been a trip oml
Ashamed_Equal2 points1y ago
Today is the day we ran out of straws 🙄
Edit: Correction, today is the day that the whole district ran out of straws😬
kizzythaboss2 points1y ago
We just got back green tea after not having it since March, I got one box of caramel sauce 2 weeks ago(it is as gone in 3 days because "let me get an ice white mocha with...😒), we just ran out of peppermint, both cinnamon dulces are gone, toffee nut is about to run out, pineapple is gone, both peach and guava juice have been gone a month, no bacon egg bites. Two weeks ago a brand new shipment of food came in while I was off for the day. I come back, it all had to be pitched, discounted, or given away because the freezer broke down. And the dude that was supposed to fix it totally fucked up the freezer turning it into a hot box that you can actually warm sandwiches in. I shit you not. The last time I looked at it, the temperature was 98.5 degrees. *Edit*We also ran out of very berry and blackberries a while ago. Kiwi is still going strong. 😭
Hyrokoyo9232 points1y ago
It's an attack against me.
So in December of 2020 I got covid.
3 months later, I got parosmia from it- basically my senses were jumbled and left everything smelling and tasting like burning rotting flesh.
So Starbucks!
I still had to work even though the smell of coffee (the ham and cheese panini 🤢🤢) made me want to vomit and put my head in the frap blender.
But one scent didn't change... The cinnamon dolce.
So I literally survived the next two months on the cinnamon dolce and heavy cream. It was the only thing I could handle.
Then
THEN
We ran out.
But my tastes and smells were returning to normal. So I started drinking a french vanilla latte.
Hazelnut ran out. That's fine. I'll use toffee nut.
NOPE That's gone too.
So I started using dark caramel. We ran out of that for a month.
So I started using just vanilla.
We were so out of that one that we started borrowing it from other stores.
So, we got in the apple syrup for the apple crisp macchiato.
So I thought!!! If I mix the apple... With something sour... Could I... Make a green apple drink??
So I did. I started drinking the star drink with three pumps of the apple syrup
WELL WE RAN OUT OF KIWI
Now I'm just drinking a basic ass latte with like two pumps of whatever syrup I can find and suffering 😩
greenbeanfridge2 points1y ago
right now we’re out of mango dragonfruit base, kiwi base, peach, guava, v berry, were out out of strawberry açaí base at least one day a week too
Alefur2 points1y ago
Hazelnut, Toffee Nut, Peppermint, Cinnamon Dolce, Sugar Free Cinnamon Dolce, Raspberry, Splenda (No longer carried at my store), Caramel Drizzle(lucky to have it more than two days at a time), the list goes on.
ProfessionalAd10972 points1y ago
We have run out of cinnamon dolce, sf cinnamon dolce, hazelnut, toffee nut, raspberry, honey blend, guava juice, peach juice, sriracha, salt packets. some days we have no caramel drizzle, matcha, lemonade, or vanilla. literally all cake pops we don’t have time to time. We ran out of venti and grande iced cups for a week. no honey and splenda (obviously) but we have stevia😂
ProfessionalAd10972 points1y ago
We had to call the cops over a man threatening us about not having splenda…
lily-amber2 points1y ago
We start our drive through greeting with what we do have.
quinysmith2 points1y ago
we have classic, vanilla, sf vanilla, and brown sugar. :’)
LegendOfJakelope2 points1y ago
Syrup wise we only just got honey blend back, and are missing toffee nut, hazelnut, cinnamon dolce of course, peppermint, raspberry... there was one point last month where our store was down to classic and vanilla. Easiest time on bar I've ever had. We also only have birthday cake pops, no cheese danishes, no butter crossoints, no sausage or southwest wraps, no plain organic horizon milk, no white sugar, no Splenda, no apple juice, obviously no peach or guava.... it's a mess.
I wish we had different signage that removed the discontinued/temporarily discontinued items. :/ And that we could somehow remove it from the drive thru screen.
DieLawnUwU2 points1y ago
Green tea for a while (got it back thankfully), just ran out of black tea, cinnamon dolce and sugar free cinnamon dolce, toffee nut, hazelnut, all wraps except spinach feta, sprouted grain bagels, all cake pops except birthday cake pops, chicken bacon and turkey pesto paninis. We were out of egg bites for a bit but we got them back last week.
VrginMobile2 points1y ago
From memory the only things we do have are Stevia Raw sugar Vanilla SFV Caramel Caramel drizzle(occasionally) Peppermint Toffee nut Honey blend(recently) Brown sugar syrup Punpkin spice Creme base And all cold bar inculsions and juices+teas minus peach and guava, and pinapple ginger Reduced fat turkey bacon usually All other foods are sold out most of the time I think it was easier posting what we do have. Also from NY! Also from NY
ryannmm52 points1y ago
out of cinnamon dolce, sf cinnamon dolce, we run out of caramel drizzle often, all of our fruity flavor ships syrups and juices, i’m sure there’s more😂 that’s all i can think of. currently on my ten about to go back so can’t think of anything else atm but there’s more😂
Honey_girl_2 points1y ago
Ours is out of hazelnut, pineapple ginger, cinnamon dolce, guava, peach, sriracha, sprouted grain bagels, all wraps except spinach feta & we just got green tea back after being out for weeks.
CheyenneJudith2 points1y ago
I’m at a high volume store in MI. Out of peach, guava, Splenda, sugar, honey, toffee nut, hazelnut, cinnamon Dolche, Apple juice, sprouted grain bagels, coffee cake, pineapple ginger, berry hibiscus, berry pieces, bacon wrap, southwest wrap, chocolate cake pops, cookie dough cake pops. We just got honey blend back yesterday lmao
Apprehensive-Meep1 points1y ago
You guys ready for this one? Trigger warning: Karens. Raspberry, SFCD, CD, TN, Hazelnut, sometimes Vanilla, Caramel, Mocha, Salt???, SUGAR???, SPLENDA??, VBH, MDF, Matcha, caramel drizzle, roasted ham swiss, chocolate cake pops, sprouted grain bagels, guava, ALL wraps, peach, green tea.
oh, and we had no nonfat yesterday. 😃
Nigee_Ogee1 points1y ago
Out of toffenut, hazelnut, whole milk, white sugar, Splenda, majority of the wraps (some days we get spinach feta), apple juice, peach, guava, very berry, raspberry, roasted ham and Swiss (haven’t seen that in about five months), was out of honey and honey blend for awhile but that’s back, been out of all cake pops for about a week now, and cinnamon dolce
Party_Television_7221 points1y ago
we’re out of peach, guava, ALL of our refresher bases, hazelnut, toffee nut, cinnamon dolce, green tea, venti cups, apple juice, all bagels, all cake pops, uhh.. i’m sure i’m forgetting some, but those are the big ones
rwwhys1 points1y ago
we have been out of taffy nut, hazelnut, and cinnamon dully for a hot minute as well. and I'm in SD
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