It has been more than a year since Laxman Narasimhan was named the new CEO of Starbucks, a role which he finally took over in March this year. Since then, the new Starbucks CEO?has been able to try many Starbucks drinks and even learned to prepare the full menu as a barista.?
But despite his stature as the number-one at Starbucks, he doesn¡¯t have a fancy taste.?
His go-to drink costs just $3.35, which is on the lower end at the coffee chain.?¡°My favorite go-to drink at Starbucks is the Doppio Espresso Macchiato with some hot milk on the side,¡± Narasimhan revealed recently, Fortune reported. He added that he prefers skimmed milk because it¡¯s the closest way of replicating the taste of South Indian coffee when in the U.S. Narasimhan is from Pune.
Once in a while, the CEO will indulge in more ritzy Starbucks offerings. He said he¡¯s tasted and been ¡°very amazingly surprised¡± by the whiskey barrel-aged Guatemalan coffee, which is available at Starbucks Roastery stores.?
¡°It has no alcohol. It has a cube of ice, and it¡¯s a wonderful drink that I¡¯ve enjoyed deeply.¡±?
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CEO Narasimhan honed his varied taste through the 40 hours he spent training¡ªand six months he spent working¡ªas a barista alongside Starbucks partners while gearing up for the CEO gig.?
¡°The idea was to really immerse myself in the business, understand the culture, understand it from a partner¡¯s lens, and also get really good at coffee, which I love drinking,¡± he told Alan Murray and Michal Lev-Ram on an episode of the Leadership Next podcast.?
Working in stores across the continents gave Narasimhan ¡°a real lens into what it meant¡± to be a Starbucks employee.??
Starbucks CEO?Narasimhan is?quite particular about work-life balance; he meditates daily, exercises 150 to 250 minutes a week, and largely avoids answering work calls after 6 p.m. The CEO of a?Fortune 100 company,?Narasimhan?doesn¡¯t drink?too?much Kool-Aid either. He avoids any coffee after 2:00 p.m. At that point, he switches over to one of Starbucks¡¯s ¡°wonderful range of teas.¡±
Narasimhan has made clear his intentions to prioritise Starbucks corporate¡¯s relationship with its in-store workers. Recent successful financial results, he said, proved that his efforts were paying off. Earlier this month, as per the report, Starbucks reported an 11.4% bump in quarterly sales, equaling $9.37 billion. It also shared plans to add nearly 15,000 new locations, mostly outside the U.S. That¡¯s alongside its existing more than 20,000 non-U.S. stores.
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