PIMPBYBLUD
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Fuck Starbucks. Dunkin Donuts coffee all day. Also wish we had a Tim Horton's out here.
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Starbucks raising prices... again
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Lone_Prodigy
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Around $2 for a small coffee is about par for the course. The specialty drinks are expensive but it's no different from other coffee shops.
The rewards program is great. Assuming you only go during promotions, it makes purchases there pretty cheap. Also their customer service is top-notch: every time I email them with a missing Star complaint they've given it to me, no questions asked.
The rewards program is great. Assuming you only go during promotions, it makes purchases there pretty cheap. Also their customer service is top-notch: every time I email them with a missing Star complaint they've given it to me, no questions asked.
Oh, you can't find anything for $2.25 obviously. But Trader Joes sells their 12 oz cans of beans for anywhere from $5.99-7.99.
ElectricBlanketFire
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You think Starbucks burns their coffee but not Dunkin Donuts?
styl3s
Member
My problem with Dunkin Donuts is every time i get coffee from there i want a doughnut and then i get a doughnut and it's always fucking stale unless you get a doughnut by like 10am.
I can go to Krispy Cream any time of the day and get a dozen hot fresh donuts but i can't get 1 fresh fucking doughnut at Dunkin Donuts past 10 and it isn't just 1 location this is at any of the 3 locations near me and my store.
Amory
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neogaffer1
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What a perfect opportunity to try supporting your local coffee shops, many of which are both cheaper AND have better coffee!
Yeah but I haven't found a decent replacement for any of the cream-based Frappachinos on Starbucks's menu. The only ones I can find are usually coffee based, and I hate coffee.
Auron_Kale
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I take advantage of their rewards program, though I usually save my rewards for specialty drinks like frappuccinos or for one of their ready-made meals. My go-to drinks are usually iced coffee or tea/tea lemonades while I prefer my brewed coffee on their clover machine.
In the end though, so long as they continue to treat their employees well with living wages and provide them with both healthcare benefits and college tuition, I'm okay with paying more for my coffee.
In the end though, so long as they continue to treat their employees well with living wages and provide them with both healthcare benefits and college tuition, I'm okay with paying more for my coffee.
I hate when people say "Starbucks coffee tastes burnt!" and start drinking their Venti Caramel latte with 2 extra shots. I don't think most people realize that Starbucks coffee isn't "coffee" most of the time. They use espresso. Which is dark roasted. They do HAVE brewed coffee, and you can certainly get that, but if you get any of the other drinks, they're all freaking espresso. Come on now!
I don't care that Starbucks is raising their prices. Prices are getting raised everywhere and I'm not so poor I can't afford 5-20 cents more. Plus I'm super glad they're actually wanting to take care of their employees.
Tetraeon
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What a perfect opportunity to try supporting your local coffee shops, many of which are both cheaper AND have better coffee!
In this day and age with the quantity/saturation of quality independent coffee shops I don't know why anyone ever settles for Starbucks. To each their own I suppose.
Davey Cakes
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Starbucks is okay. I like Dark Roast so I "get" their style. Even considering the new blonde roasts.
Dunkies is vastly overrated (it's serviceable at best). Kind of weak. They water it down. I like the flavor shots except for the mocha and chocolate syrup ones which pretty much taste like dirt. They have good pumpkin spice. Then again, so does Starbucks, and I'm just talking regular coffee, not the gourmet specialty drinks.
Personally? I have a soft spot for 7-Eleven coffee.
cuevas. PhD.
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The people who care only about you seeing them with their Starbucks cup will really be impacted by this
What? I mean, if you're talking about coffee beans having "cancer causing carcinogens", ALL roasted beans do. So does smoked meat for that matter. And pretty much anything that's been burnt in some fashion.
When my husband and I go to a BBQ place, I order the burnt ends from the brisket and the first thing I say to him is "mmmmm carcinogens". It's just a byproduct of the smoking/burnt process and isn't harmful to you in small doses. Hell, I don't know if it's even harmful to you in larger doses.
Randolph Freelander
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Going to Starbucks and not getting coffee? Anarchy.
neogaffer1
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So does all coffee no matter where you get it...
Frank Serpico
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hipsters long have moved on from starbucks, they support local coffee shops which is a good thing
ElRenoRaven
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Meh. I used to give a shit but everyone continues to buy shit after every price increase. It's no wonder business keep raising prices. People just roll over and keep paying it.
Randolph Freelander
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Have your own opinion about the quality of the coffee, certainly, but closing left and right? Is your city Detroit?
Hot take incoming, probably will be proven wrong, but if Starbucks can't succeed in your city, your city is probably dying.
Wont effect me. I've been getting a vintee iced coffee from the Starbucks I go to for 50 cents or free for damn near a year now. Like 4-5 people give it to me for those prices. I'll even order something for someone else, and they'll charge me 50 cents for each drink - even if the other drink is a frappe. Don't know why Lol.
HammerOfThor
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They gotta pay those tuitions off somehow.
triplestation
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Won't make a lick of difference
Their marketing is magnetic, especially to richer people and hipsters
Starbux knows what they're doing
Their marketing is magnetic, especially to richer people and hipsters
Starbux knows what they're doing
Well, it is ostensibly a coffee house. I would say that much of Starbucks success probably stems from branching out from coffee and offering these other milkshakes on their menu for people like you.
That and making Starbucks a synonym for coffee or coffee containing drink, but I think that has more to do with the popularity of it.
Randolph Freelander
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Hey, in the mood for some Starbucks? I'll tag along.
It being everywhere makes it for me to avoid easier. Cities around the world are starting to look like lookalikes.
They have pop now too. Which is good - but too damn high in calories.
I still haven't found the Sodas in any of my locations. Would like to try it.
They do have the new juice drinks here. Haven't tried those though.
Call me old fashioned, Randy Bobandy, but I prefer my coffee places to stick with coffee! I'll get my smoothies at Planet Smoothie if I want one.
The Albatross
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I like Starbucks and I don't really care about the price increase. It'll mildly effect me. In fact, I'm going to Sbux right now to get an iced coffee. I like it.
yeah, you're right, everybody stopped going to Starbucks, they're really in trouble now with their McDonalds tier coffee.
Recent starbucks news:
- July 1, Starbucks stock at all-time high
- May 8, Starbucks posts record Q1 profit
- Apr 5, Starbucks outpaces Nasdaq and DJIA by 2x over 5 years
https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:SBUX&ei=YQ-cVanaI8iLe9axptAF
yeah, you're right, everybody stopped going to Starbucks, they're really in trouble now with their McDonalds tier coffee.
Recent starbucks news:
- July 1, Starbucks stock at all-time high
- May 8, Starbucks posts record Q1 profit
- Apr 5, Starbucks outpaces Nasdaq and DJIA by 2x over 5 years
https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:SBUX&ei=YQ-cVanaI8iLe9axptAF
Randolph Freelander
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Preach.
I added in the Bobandy, but you were really quick.
Randolph Freelander
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It's the caffeine.
Amory
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...what? are the people working there your friends?
I'm actually drinking some coffee right now to try to get closer to your level.
What a perfect opportunity to try supporting your local coffee shops, many of which are both cheaper AND have better coffee!
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I see this quite a lot on the internet.
Is there some out of context world in which people who live on the internet somehow think Starbucks has a reputation for being hip and trendy?
EDIT: Also, I'm at the airport right now and drinking a grande American. There's no alternative.
Auron_Kale
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So far I've only seen the sodas in SoCal and in Scottsdale (which I saw while visiting back in January). The flavors are pretty good, though I like the lemonade most of all the options.
Probably the coolest thing about it is that you can make any of the refreshers or iced teas fizzy, since the machine itself is like an enclosed sodastream.
Jesus, I'm going to hear it from our customers.
What? There are a ton of great local places in LA.
BomberMouse
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A company rising its prices? Nothing wrong with this.
This too.
What a perfect opportunity to try supporting your local coffee shops, many of which are both cheaper AND have better coffee!
This too.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Considering how well they compensate their employees and aid in their college matriculation...I see no problem with this. They are a public company so they still have a responsibility to make money for their shareholders. At least we know they're also taking care of their employees along the way, which can't be said for a great many companies.
(Full disclosure: I drink at Starbucks approximately once per year and do not own any Starbucks stock)
(Full disclosure: I drink at Starbucks approximately once per year and do not own any Starbucks stock)
Topkek. Everything is a cancer-causing carcinogens.
Heck, your body naturally makes cancer-causing carcinogens (e.g. bile).
Not too big an increase, and honestly it's worth it. The Starbucks locations everywhere I've been have much better service and usually cheaper, better-tasting coffee than the local places. McDonald's and Dunkin are only a small step above the hot brown water found at gas stations, so I don't even consider them unless I'm in a pinch.
alfredofroylan
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Mostly based on pictures like this arond the internet, it's an old joke.
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