Starbucks is seriously such a sad company to me. You can so obviously see it flailing to keep afloat. I think in AZ or living anywhere else but the Northwest it isn't as easy to see that. I was so embarassed to work there both in far SE Portland and especially in Seattle. I was so glad to be done with that compnay. I actually haven't stepped foot inside Starbucks since my last day there. The last store that I worked at, I hated more than any store I've worked at before. It was slow and they closed it a couple months after I left. Strangely one of the things they talked about was reopening in a smaller location on 15th (the strip where it is located), or closing it all together. When I was there, I was really pushing for a closing all together so I could get transferred somewhere else.
Well, they ended up closing with the intent to re-open it in the same location. Confusing, because rent at that location is extremely high, it is such a large space for how little of business it did. But that location is going to be turned into the first Starbucks coffee shop and bar. Sigh. That is all I can say. Apparently part of the re-opening means that they are taking their name off of everything. Which I think is hilarious.
Good luck to you Starbucks, or Not Starbucks....
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I just read that article... wow. Starbucks has officially lost its way, if you ask me. Why would you take your brand and then call it something else??? DUMB! I completely agree with everything you said in this blog. And, I'm ashamed to say, I'm literally on my way to Starbucks right now to get my coffee fix. Haha :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I too read an article about what they are trying to do to stay afloat. Poor guys. I don't go to Starbucks either. We have a really fun place to have coffee that's fairly new. It's called Great Harvest and they bake the most wonderful bread.
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