Starbucks

Advantages: Nice sized cups of tea
Disadvantages: Pricey, no comfey seats, no trays

...Created in the 1970's, Starbucks must be one of the most famous world-wide coffee chain. It is quite comforting in a way to know that no matter where in the world you are going, there is a good chance that you will find a Starbucks - comforting if it is something that you are used to. In Inverness where I live there are 2 Starbucks stores, one is in the shopping centre in town, and the other...

jules.34 04.08.2007 22:23 · Read review
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A slave to the Starbucks

Advantages: Great coffee, realxing and well-maintained stores
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...

mdall899 23.01.2011 12:04 · Read review
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Under the grips of Starbucks

Advantages: Addictive, costly and taking over the world
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...

ally2kc 09.08.2007 13:55 (09.08.2007 13:54) · Read review
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