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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Starbucks
Current Parent Company: Starbucks
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $225,000
Year: 2009
Date: August 18, 2009
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Starbucks agreed to pay $225,000 to the District Attorneys of Monterey, Shasta and Sonoma counties to resolve allegations it failed to refund gift card balances to customers.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Washington
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: restaurants and foodservice
Specific Industry of Current Parent: restaurants
Source of Data: NorCal DAs reach settlement with Starbucks, Associated Press, August 18, 2009 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.