The new code of conduct also bans discrimination or harassment, consumption of alcohol, smoking, drug use, and panhandling in company owned stores.

Its "open door policy" is now being altered, ostensibly to "deter homeless people and non-paying customers who have come to use Starbucks solely for shelter and bathroom access," as per Jordan Valinsky and Nathaniel Meyersohn with CNN. You must now be a paying customer to use the space.

Starbucks is changing its policy so that people who use the store to go to the bathroom or hang out must purchase something. It marks a change from its open-door policy in place since 2018. The updated policy is part of the company's new Coffeehouse Code of Conduct,