evidence: In late August 2022, a claim that all Starbucks outlets in the U.K. are going cashless from October 2022 spread on social media after a signboard from one of the outlets was captured and shared online. The board bearing the Starbucks logo states, "we're going cashless. From October 1, 2022, we will only accept card, contactless & Starbucks rewards payments. Please ask our team for further details.'' [...] Kevin Johnson, Starbucks' then-CEO, announced in a letter to "Starbucks partners and consumers" in May 2020, after the coronavirus outbreak, that the firm would move toward more cashless experiences because it was aware that handling cash raises consumer concerns about the risk of infection. Yet, the firm seemed to have no intentions to implement a cashless policy in the U.K. anytime soon, at the end of August 2022. [...] Multiple independent fact-checkers, including the Associated Press, have debunked misinformation on Starbucks going cashless in the U.K.