The Expensibles

Starbucks Tops 2012 Most-Expensed Restaurants List

America runs on venti.
America runs on venti. Photo: Starbucks

Hot diggity Frappuccino! What, if anything, does it say about the state of the collective American workplace that Starbucks ranks No. 1 on a list of last year’s most popular expensed restaurants? There were 20,084 receipts for things like lattes and babyccinos filed with the expense-management company Certify between January and November, Bucks reports. “They’re not taking clients there,” says Certify executive Bob Neveu. “It’s an individual running between planes, grabbing something quick.” Neveu says McDonald’s, Subway, Panera Bread, and Burger King round out the top five, and while there aren’t any real surprises here, does this mean that more and more “meals” are being consumed at Starbucks? A “night menu” of bacon-wrapped dates, truffle mac and cheese, and chocolate fondue suddenly doesn’t sound like such a wacky idea after all. [Bucks/NYT, Earlier]

Starbucks Tops 2012 Most-Expensed Restaurants List