Starbucks Registers Go Down in North America, Halting Orders
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Starbucks Corp.’s point-of-sale register system crashed on Friday evening, preventing the chain from accepting payment and -- in some cases -- leading to customers getting their coffees for free.
The system went down in the U.S. and Canada during a daily update, affecting company-owned stores, the Seattle-based coffee chain said in a statement on its website. Starbucks’ Evolution Fresh and Teavana stores were also struck by the outage. While the company initially said that stores would remain open while the problem was addressed, it later indicated they would close early.