Uh oh this may be troubling news for you caramel macchiato addicts out there. Yesterday night the Starbucks computers in North America and Canada malfunctioned and stopped working. Customers went into Starbucks yesterday only to be turned away or at some locations given free coffee. Some of the coffee shops were closing early and as the day progressed started accepting cash only. See what Starbucks spokesman had to say and how they fixed the glitch after the jump!
Starbucks spokesman Jim Olsen told CNN “Yes its true” “The point of sale cash registers are down in the U.S. and Canada. It is not a hack. It happened during a typical daily menu refresh on the system. Something went wrong and they are working as quickly as possible to get them up.” In fact this morning Starbucks released a statement saying they apologized for the inconvenice and confusion and that the computer anomaly has been fixed. The stores are set to open as usual this morning.
Source: USA Today
