evidence: Claims that coffee chain Starbucks is going cashless in the UK are being shared on social media. Many include a picture of a shop sign which says: "We’re going cashless from 1st October 2024 - We will only be accepting card, contactless & Starbucks rewards payments". Although the sign appears to be real, Starbucks says it "does not have a cashless policy in UK". The coffee chain told Full Fact: "The majority of stores continue to offer cash payments to customers; however we operate alongside various licensee business partners, which means this may vary from store to store." [...] This article is part of our work fact checking potentially false pictures, videos and stories on Facebook. You can read more about this—and find out how to report Facebook content—here. For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as missing context because Starbucks has confirmed it does not have a cashless policy in the UK. However, some licensee-operated stores may be cashless.