evidence: An apparently small minority of Starbucks stores in the U.K. displayed signs indicating they would be going cashless. The company said that these select stores were "operated alongside various licensee business partners." However, the company also told us that it had "no plans" to establish a universal policy that would make all of its U.K., U.S., and Canadian stores cashless. [...] The rumor primarily spread on Facebook and Twitter with a photograph of a sign that was captured inside a Starbucks store in the U.K. The sign read, "We're going cashless. From 1st October 2022 we will only be accepting card, contactless & Starbucks Rewards payments. Please ask our team for further details." [...] We contacted Starbucks PR to learn more and were provided with a statement that echoed all of the above information. A company spokesperson told us, "Starbucks has no plans to go cashless across our U.K., U.S. or Canada stores and we want to shut down any inaccuracies or further speculation on this matter."