Doubting Starbucks (SBUX) CEO "Was Like An Invitation To My Funeral, Says Jim Cramer

We recently published 10 Stocks on Jim Cramer’s Radar. Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed.

During the show, Cramer brought on Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX)’s CEO, Brian Niccol, for an interview. The firm’s shares have been under pressure lately as Niccol navigates through a tough turnaround. Yet, despite Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX)’s woes, Cramer continues to be a believer in the firm and its CEO. After the interview ended, he discussed why he’s a believer:

“Well look, I gotta let you go but I feel like that scale and staffing, two that are just so what you do best are so blocking and tackling, and all those other things come after that. Brian Niccol, the CEO of Starbucks, it’s not going to go up today, there’s a lot of negativity about restaurants. But how about the next two years, I kind of care about that. Thanks Brian.

“[He’s been a believer] In this man because I doubted him at Chipotle and that was like an invitation to my funeral.

“Brian Niccol’s made me a fortune, my trust a fortune, oh now he doesn’t know what he’s talking about? People got stupid?”

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