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Starbucks GossipThe #1 Starbucks website (not run by Starbucks Corp.) URLLast update32 min 36 sec agoSeptember 2, 201014:13
It's getting praised by baristas at the Chicago-area stores I visit; one called it a vast improvement over the last two years' Anniversary Blend. Your review of it?
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September 1, 201013:30
The number of daily customers per store has decreased from 463 in 2005 to 424 in 2009, but a firm called Trefis sees traffic increasing to 531 daily customers per store. Are you ready for them? || Read "Starbucks: Impact...
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August 30, 201011:15
VIA will soon be available in mocha, vanilla, caramel and cinnamon flavors. || Read "Starbucks expands insta-brew, adds flavors" || Press release
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August 27, 201013:02
A commenter from the last open thread claims that Starbucks is "cracking down" on local art because it wants a uniform look. Another poster questions doubts that directive was ever issued. What are you hearing? Discuss this, or anything else...
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August 24, 201016:27
In a memo sent to Starbucks executives last week, Howard Schultz said he's aiming to leverage Starbucks's retail stores to build a stronger consumer packaged goods business. Read more about that memo here ----> "For Starbucks, a New Retail Mix"
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August 20, 201018:11
As usual, anything Starbucks-related is up for discussion. Talk about drinks, customer (or barista) behavior.....whatever! || Jump to the second page of comments.
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09:50
The company's position is that it's aware that "there have been limited instances where some beverage sales have been rung up as Via sales," and that it's "working with our store partners to ensure accuracy for all purchases." || Read...
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August 19, 201014:20
Lisa Baertlein, who covers Starbucks for Reuters news service, read the posts on Starbucks Gossip about the pressure to sell VIA and some of the questionable ways that sales goals are met, and would like to talk to employees about...
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August 18, 201016:41
This was posted late in the OPEN THREAD discussion, so maybe you missed it. For readers who don't work at Starbucks, would someone please explain what the new espresso preparation is and how -- or if -- it affects customers.
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August 16, 201010:44
I'm looking for Starbuck employees from the Columbus Ave. and 86th St. store in New York City to confirm or deny this customer's account of the dispute. Read "English professor says Starbucks booted her over a bagel order"
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August 13, 201014:12
Just don't walk under a ladder while you're posting. (And watch out for black cats!) The OPEN THREAD is your weekly opportunity to spout off, ask questions or make observations about anything Starbucks-related.
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August 12, 201019:53
Starbucks says its added even more content to its upcoming digital network, which will let in-store customers browse some paid sites for free. I'm not sure exactly what its strategy is here -- to try to get customers to park...
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August 10, 201014:23
Alberta Phillips of the Austin American-Statesman says Starbucks will "do the right thing" when it comes to recycling if it's forced to by legislation. "Start [recycling] now and stop pretending" that you're a "green" company, she tells Starbucks. || Read...
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August 6, 201012:45
Yet another chance for you to gossip, gripe, comment and ask questions about anything Starbucks-related. || Jump to the second page of comments.
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August 5, 201011:49
Ingredients include a "flavor neutral" powdered extract made from unroasted green coffee and formulated to have less of a caffeine kick than regular coffee. "It's coffee that doesn't taste like coffee," says Starbucks global beverage vice president Julie Felss Masino....
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August 3, 201014:49
I post this well-knowing that you'll write these types of comments (again): * The figure is inaccurate because various Starbucks products have been rung up as VIA sales just to meet store goals. In others, the numbers are fraudulent. *...
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July 30, 201014:02
It's already August? The Pumpkin Spice Latte fans must be getting itchy. Discuss your summer at Starbucks or anything else SBUX-related in the OPEN THREAD. || Jump to the second page of comments.
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July 29, 201014:40
One of the Starbucks I frequent has a large "customer base" that can only afford to drink free water. I jokingly told the baristas yesterday that, "It sounds like water is your 'best seller.'" One responded: "Yeah, but they demand...
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July 28, 201018:59
The 18-year-old detonated a homemade bomb outside an E. 92nd St. Starbucks in New York last year as an apparent tribute to Brad Pitt's character from the 1999 cult classic "Fight Club." He has until Sept. 7 to accept or...
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July 27, 201015:08
Here's one example from the author: "There is a lot of unused floor space in this particular [Starbucks] shop. I asked employees why they don't just add more tables. The answer: the company won't let them buy any new tables...
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