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Squawk on the Street

Starbucks Shakeup, Tamer Inflation Data, Interview with Blackstone Pres. Jon Gray 8/13/24

Squawk on the Street

CNBC

News, Investing, Business

4.1567 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber led off the show with big news from Starbucks: Laxman Narasimhan is out as CEO and will be replaced by Chipotle chief executive Brian Niccol in September. The anchors explored what to expect from Niccol as he looks to turn the coffee chain around. The discussion included a flashback to the interview in May when Cramer held Narasimhan's feet to the fire. Also in focus: Inflation data show a tamer-than-expected Producer Price Index for July, Home Depot cuts sales guidance, Blackstone President & COO Jon Gray joined the program to discuss everything from the economy to the 2024 election. Squawk on the Street Disclaimer

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0:00.0

Market insight and analysis. You're listening to the opening bell of CNBC, Squawk on the Street.

0:05.7

Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to Squawk on the Street. I'm Carl Kintanao with Jim Kramer, David Faber,

0:09.6

at post-9 of the New York Stock Exchange. Future's holding some gains here on a robust newsday,

0:14.8

whether that's Starbucks Home Depot, lots of geopolitics, PPI runs light, 10-year yield drops to

0:20.3

about a one-week low.

0:21.5

Our roadmap begins with breaking news at Starbucks. The company replaces CEO locksman-ner-Simon

0:25.9

with the Tripoli's chief, Brian Nicol. We got all the details. Plus, PPI comes in cooler than

0:31.4

expected. That does give stocks a bit of a bump ahead of the open. And we continue to see signs of a cautious consumer.

0:39.6

Home Depot saying it expects comp store sales to decline as customers, quote,

0:44.4

sense of greater uncertainty in the economy.

0:48.3

Let's begin with this news out of Starbucks.

0:50.5

Loxman-Ary-Simon is out as CEO, effective immediately and amid the company struggles,

0:55.6

as well as activist investors pushing for change. It is Chipoli's chief. Brian Nicol will become

1:00.5

chairman CEO of the coffee chain beginning in September. CFO, Rachel Ruggieri, will serve

1:05.1

as interim CEO until he gets there. Melody Hobson will become lead independent director.

1:13.4

Jim, this is a story that you know well and have some involvement in to some degree. Well, first, this doesn't happen in corporate America.

1:18.1

You don't have a guy, I just had Brian on, who's outstanding and did an amazing job.

1:24.1

Look, I mean, the number speaks from themselves, 773% as he got to Chipoli. And it's remarkable. You very rarely see this. Jack Hartton, the CFOs just said, listen, it's terrific. Now, Jack's staying on. That's important. But, I mean, people at Starbucks, like, you know, what he said, he's the best Starbucks, lucky to have him. What I would point out is that Howard Schultz really wanted this. And I think, David Faber, I think that that is part of the narrative.

1:51.8

More than Elliot. Yeah, listen, Mr. Schultz, of course, it continues to be a force within

1:58.6

Starbucks, really only as what is a, technically a large shareholder.

2:04.0

Of course, he's not on the board. He has no management role of any kind, and yet he was certainly an important figure here.

2:11.3

In part, it seems in, if I could say, turning on Luxman and or at least not giving him continued support some time back,

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