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Starbucks outlets are coffee shops in the same way that Mcdonalds outlets are 'restaurants' and Wetherspoons outlets are 'pubs', ie technically so but realistically speaking not so at all... more

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  • 32 of 32 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 4 mdall899

    Member since 22/08/2010

    Reviews written: 43

    5 Stars A slave to the Starbucks Review with images 23/01/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great coffee, realxing and well-maintained stores

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Pricey and apparently, evil

    Oh, how the mighty have fallen. It only seems like yesterday that I was at University, writing a case study about how evil the mighty corporation of Starbucks was. Saturating the market, torpedoing small retailers and aggressive expansion in expensive locations all made Starbucks – in my Marketing lecturer’s eyes at least – a bigger threat to human existence than rabid-cosmic-polar-ice-shift-storms. So I happily joined the anti-Starbucks parade, knowing no better. Nowadays, I can’t keep away from the places. They rock my world. “Better make it quick kiddo, in five minutes this place is ... more
  • 41 of 41 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ally2kc

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Addictive, costly and taking over the world

    Disadvantages Disadvantages good coffee, good service, good selection...

    For many years I reveled in my hatred for Starbucks and everything they stood for. I despised them for their corporate branded image. I condemned them for their over the top prices. I recoiled at their growing popularity as one by one they popped up on most city street corners. I categorically refused to be sucked into the brand and for several years avoided every setting foot inside one. Last year whilst working in Glasgow, I allowed myself to be taken in and I succumbed to the unthinkable. I remember that day well. It was quarter to eight one morning last November. It had been raining in ... more
  • 91 of 91 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    molelover

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages delicious coffee, huge variety, good food, comfy seating

    Disadvantages Disadvantages not enough fair trade, very expensive, could be cleaner

    You can't walk through Seattle on a Monday morning without noticing that something is different over there - apart from all the grunge, that is. It's that all the people, almost without exception, walk along on their way to work clutching a thermos mug of coffee as if it was the most natural and easiest thing in the world to carry. It's become part of the morning routine. The thermos cup is now also visible on morning public transport in the UK. It's spreading, just like Starbucks. There are now more than 7000 branches of Starbucks worldwide, so they must be doing something right. Is it just ... more
  • 49 of 49 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    purdy

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages The variety and range of blends

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The price

    The Starbucks invasion has come to Northern Ireland – albeit in the shape and form of 3 stores so far, although we do have one on the way and expecting the arrival of more imminently! There are two stores in Belfast city centre itself – Castle Lane, Cornmarket (a stand alone store), and in Castlecourt Shopping Centre. The first Starbucks to open its doors in the province back in August 2004 was at Junction One shopping village, in Antrim. We will soon have one available for travellers at Belfast International Airport also. So in the space of around 6months Starbucks have spread ... more
  • 106 of 106 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Saturn

    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Best customer service going

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Pricey, globalised

    I am writing this on my palmtop (see my convenient Psion Series 5 review) in Starbucks at 7.30 in the morning. So if I can't convey the atmosphere under these circumstances, there isn't much hope for me is there . . . Prices added 19/11/2001. Nitty Gritty ------------ Starbucks is an enormous American chain of coffee shops. As such they are the target of anti-globalisation campaigns, which may or may not be just. They aren't a restaurant chain, so this category is slightly misleading, but they do sell food. Prices are high. Quality is good, but not as it might be for the prices which are ... more