The New York Post reports:
[https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/business/starbucks-barista-strike-expand-after-nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdanis-boycott-call/]
Starbucks barista strike expands nationwide days after NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s boycott call
According to a Zoltar tweet: making NYC affordable means an end to unfair labor practices and a living wage for our workers.
Which is all very commendable but is certain to raise the cost of lattes which in turn could lead to social unrest amongst the coffee-drinking classes.
A $6 latte is set to become a $10 latte unless it's the new gigantesco latte that is served in a bio-degradeable bucket.
The problem really is that baristas are one of the few jobs on the increase in New York as there is not much else to do except become a delivery driver or a hedge-fund manager.
To cope with the demand, The Starbucks University in Seattle (WA) now offers a Masters in Baristaship Administration, a popular new MBA.
Meanwhile...
[https://nypost.com/2025/11/20/business/meadow-lane-faces-death-threats-huge-demand-in-first-days/]
A swanky new grocer in downtown Manhattan has been getting death threats over its stratospheric prices – even as the shop was forced to briefly shutter this week after its shelves were emptied by a customer frenzy, The Post has learned.
Meadow Lane, a posh store in Tribeca at 355 Greenwich St., has drawn such massive crowds since it opened last Friday that it was forced to impose quotas on goods. Those include $625 tins of Siberian caviar, $65 bottles of extra virgin olive oil, $74 containers of matcha powder and gluten-free chicken nuggets priced at $15 per half dozen.
The Siberian caviar (the up-market Oligarch brand) is presumably popular with residents of Brighton Beach (aka Little Odessa).
Sounds like Seinfeld's soup-Nazi is back and New Yorkers can't get enough.