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Starbucks is embracing a tough cost-cutting method that's led workers elsewhere to bring their own coffee to work

Starbucks is planning to use a cost-cutting method with a tough reputation as it continues its turnaround. The method, called zero-based budgeting, asks managers to justify every item they spend on each year, instead of using the previous year's spending as a baseline as many companies do.Starbucks executives say ZBB will help them find savings as they spend more on their Back to Starbucks plan, including paying for more hours for the baristas who staff its stores. "We're going to be looking at ways to gr ...