Pay all U.S. and Canada retail partners regardless of work status
Delivered by the deadline
AI-confirmed · human review in progress Independent AI checks agreed on primary SEC or regulator evidence. Records are now being reviewed by hand, starting with those our customers order.
- Announced
- 8 Apr 2020
- Due
- 3 May 2020
- Delivered
- by 3 May 2020
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“we committed to pay all Starbucks U.S. and Canada retail partners through May 3, whether they are working or not.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
Starbucks confirmed in its SEC filings that it paid U.S. and Canada company-operated store partners who were unable or uncomfortable working through early May 2020.
-
A Starbucks Corp. 10-Q filed 2020-07-28
“we paid all of our U.S. and Canada company-operated store partners who were either unable or uncomfortable working in a retail environment through early May.” ✓ confirmed on the page
-
A Starbucks Corp. 10-K filed 2020-11-12
“we incurred incremental labor costs, including paying the wages and benefits to partners who were either unable or uncomfortable working from mid-March through May” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved +0.0% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (27 Jul 2020 to 30 Jul 2020). What this measures
Checked 1 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Other
- Indicative materiality
- Low rules
- Action
- Pay
- Deliverable
- Payroll for U.S. and Canada retail partners
- Where
- U.S. and Canada
- Language
- Firm (“will”, “on track to”)
- In the company’s control
- High
- Specificity
- High
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
Confirmed. This outcome counts towards the company's Kept Score. How verification works
Are you Starbucks Corp.? You can publish an official statement next to this entry, free. Add a statement.
Is something here wrong or out of date? Companies and readers can ask us to check it. Please bring a link to a public source.
Report an error in this entry Reference: KI-C-2020-SBUX-002278 · Corrections policy