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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol reinstates Chief Operating Officer role

Niccol’s former Taco Bell colleague Mike Grams handed COO responsibilities five months after joining the US coffee giant to lead global store development and supply chain operations 

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Niccol’s former Taco Bell colleague Mike Grams handed COO responsibilities five months after joining the US coffee giant to lead global store development and supply chain operations 

Starbucks has promoted Mike Grams to Chief Operating Officer – a role it axed in October 2022 when responsibility for day-to-day operations was handed to the then-incoming CEO, Laxman Narasimhan. 

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