Nov 25 (Reuters) - Starbucks ( SBUX ) said the aftermath

of a ransomware attack on a software supplier has been affecting

its ability to pay baristas and manage their schedules, the

company's spokesperson said on Monday.

The coffee giant said that an outage at a third-party vendor

has disrupted a back-end Starbucks ( SBUX ) process that enables employee

scheduling and time tracking.

The outage is not impacting its customer service, and the

company was working to ensure its employees were fully paid for

their hours worked with limited disruption or discrepancy,

according to a Starbucks' ( SBUX ) spokesperson.

UK-based Blue Yonder, which provides supply chain software

to Starbucks ( SBUX ) and other retailers, according to the Wall Street

Journal, said on Thursday that it has experienced disruptions

due to a ransomware attack and it is working to fix the issue.