Track and Food 83: Food Journalist Corey Mintz on the Prevalence of Tip Creep at Starbucks and What This Means for Hospitality

Brought on prominent food journalist, Corey Mintz, to talk about a recent column he penned for NBC News, 'Outrage at Starbucks’ tipping prompt shows people don’t get how the tipping con works.'  After reading his feature, I wanted to break down his thoughts regarding this matter, what tip creep actually is and what this means for the hospitality, and frankly, the business community moving forwards. With his insights and unique perspective, we dig into things.

If you haven't already, do check out my previous podcast with Corey from last year where we go over his excellent book, 'The Next Supper - The End of Restaurants as We Knew Them, and What Comes After.'  Fantastic stuff. 

Corey Mintz is a freelance food reporter (New York Times, Globe and Mail, Eater, and others), focusing on the intersection between what we eat with business, politics, farming, ethics, land use, labor (or labour, as it’s spelled in Canada), education and culture. He has been a cook and a restaurant critic. For his long-running column Fed, he hosted 192 dinner parties, featuring politicians, refugees, criminals, artists, academics, acupuncturists, high-rise window washers, competitive barbecuers, and one monkey. He is the author of two and a half books. He lives in Winnipeg with his wife, Victoria, and their daughter, Cookie Puss.