Free Coffee For Front-Line Workers At Starbucks In Carlsbad

CARLSBAD, CA — Front-line workers can get free coffee throughout December from Starbucks locations throughout the United States, including the stores in Carlsbad.

Starbucks has these locations in Carlsbad:

• 2924 Carlsbad Blvd.
• 895 Tamarack Ave.
• 2560 El Camino Real (Vons)
• 5620 Paseo Del Norte, Suite #124
• 965 Palomar Airport Road, 106
• 7130 Avenida Encinas, #102
• 7140 Ave Encinas (Ralphs)
• 2708 Loker Avenue West, 100
• 6951 El Camino Real (Vons)
• 7680 El Camino Real, #101
• 7615 Via Champanile, #120 G
• 3439 Via Montebello (Vons)

In a statement, Starbucks said it will offer front-line workers a free tall brewed coffee, hot or iced, throughout the month as a way "to recognize the significant efforts of the front-line responder and health care community" during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"It has been an extraordinarily difficult year, especially for the front-line responders who are serving our communities," Starbucks Vice President Virginia Tenpenny said in a news release. "We want to show our deep gratitude for those who support and protect us every day with a small gesture of kindness and a cup of coffee."

Those eligible for the offer include doctors, nurses, public health workers, pharmacists, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers, dentists and dental hygienists, mental health workers (therapists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, etc.), hospital staff such as janitors, housekeeping/security and active-duty military, according to Starbucks.

Customers need to identify themselves as a front-line worker in order to receive a free cup of coffee.

The special offer runs through Dec. 31.

To further support the front-line responder community, company officials said Starbucks donated $100,000 to National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to support virtual mental health resources for front-line responders. The company also plans to surprise 50,000 front-line responders with care packages and Starbucks gift cards this holiday season.