Free Coffee For Front-Line Workers At Starbucks In Sarasota

SARASOTA, FL — Front-line workers can get free coffee throughout December from Starbucks locations throughout the United States, including the 16 in Sarasota.

Starbucks has locations in Sarasota at the following locations:

• 1401 First Street
• 1375 S Tamiami Trail
• 2455 N Tamiami Trail
• 443 John Ringling Blvd.
• 3571 Bee Ridge Road
• 3604 84th Ave Circle East
• 4972 S Tamiami Trail
• 2875 University Pkwy.
• 5329 Fruitville Road
• 5350 Fruitville Road
• 3700 Cattleman Road
• 5825 Derek Ave.
• 101 N Cattleman Road
• 5485 University Pkwy.
• 140 University Town Center Drive
• 110 University Town Center Drive

Find the addresses of other Sarasota County Starbucks using the store locator.

In a statement, Starbucks said it will offer front-line workers a free tall brewed coffee, hot or iced, throughout the month as a way “to recognize the significant efforts of the front-line responder and health care community” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It has been an extraordinarily difficult year, especially for the front-line responders who are serving our communities,” Starbucks Vice President Virginia Tenpenny said in a news release. “We want to show our deep gratitude for those who support and protect us every day with a small gesture of kindness and a cup of coffee.”

Those eligible for the offer include doctors, nurses, public health workers, pharmacists, dispatchers, firefighters, paramedics, police officers, dentists and dental hygienists, mental health workers (therapists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, etc.), hospital staff such as janitors, housekeeping/security and active-duty military, according to Starbucks.

Customers will need to identify themselves as one of those workers in order to receive the free coffee.