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Starbucks customers have more than $1 billion sitting on gift cards

Tom Hagler by Tom Hagler
05.05.2022
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Starbucks customers have more than $1 billion sitting on gift cards
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  • Starbucks cards are bigger than the entire gift card industry, according to CEO Howard Schultz.
  • Customers put billions of dollars on cards each year as an interest-free loan to the chain.
  • Tens of millions of dollars in gift cards are never claimed and recorded as revenue.

Starbucks just revealed that a whopping $1 billion is sitting on Starbucks gift cards unused. Interim CEO Howard Schultz told investors in a second-quarter earnings call that the cards are used by over 120 million people. 

Every year, millions of people gift and receive Starbucks gift cards, which can both draw in new customers and create convenience for already existing customers. The coffee chain offers cards themed around dozens of occasions, from birthdays and Christmas to Mother’s Day and teacher appreciation. They’ve become a kind of go-to gift for people you don’t necessarily know very well, and they’re available everywhere, including Amazon, Walmart, and Starbucks’ website.

Starbucks projected $3 billion in holiday gift card spending in 2021 as they’ve become ubiquitous gifts. Customers purchased 46 million cards in 2020, totalling $12.6 billion in gift cards for the year. 

Starbucks has been massively successful at getting customers to adopt Starbucks cards. Starbucks cards by themselves are bigger than the entire gift card industry, Schultz said in the earnings call. Customers reload money onto the cards to prepay for orders, which amounted to $11 billion worth in 2021. So far, the chain is set to exceed that figure this year, Schultz said.

Gift cards can be a boon to retailers, as recipients often don’t use the full amount. This essentially gifts free money to the card issuer as nearly 40% of 18 to 29-year-olds lose their gift cards before they can spend them, and around 25% of 30 to 64-year-olds do the same. In 2020, that amounted to $164.5 million on Starbucks gift cards that was never redeemed. That money was recorded as revenue, essentially a gift to the chain.

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