{"id":71388,"date":"2026-04-10T14:55:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/california-coffee-chain-faces-backlash-after-pledge-to-remove-pride-flags\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T14:55:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:55:46","slug":"california-coffee-chain-faces-backlash-after-pledge-to-remove-pride-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/california-coffee-chain-faces-backlash-after-pledge-to-remove-pride-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"California coffee chain faces backlash after pledge to remove Pride flags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Petition with 4,000 signatures decries \u2018slap in the face\u2019, saying Philz made fortune off LGBTQ+ community<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Philz, a popular coffee chain with locations across California, is facing growing criticism after news broke that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/san-francisco\">San Francisco<\/a>-based company planned to remove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/pride\">Pride<\/a> flags from its stores.<\/p>\n<p>The move is part of an effort to \u201c[create] a more consistent, inclusive experience across all our stores, including removing a variety of flags and other decor\u201d, Mahesh Sadarangani, the company\u2019s CEO, said in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/food\/article\/philz-outrage-flag-policy-22197681.php\">SFGate<\/a>. The company did not immediately respond to the Guardian\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/10\/california-coffee-shops-pride-flags-philz\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petition with 4,000 signatures decries \u2018slap in the face\u2019, saying Philz made fortune off LGBTQ+ community Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Philz, a popular coffee chain with locations across California, is facing growing criticism after news broke that the San Francisco-based company planned to remove &#8230; <a title=\"California coffee chain faces backlash after pledge to remove Pride flags\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/california-coffee-chain-faces-backlash-after-pledge-to-remove-pride-flags\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about California coffee chain faces backlash after pledge to remove Pride flags\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}