It’s Starbucks’ 40th anniversary (rubies, nasturtiums). To celebrate, the 17 billion thousand Starbucks locations in the known universe will start selling whoopee pies, health products, and booze. They will also offer special, limited-time products like Starbucks Tribute Blend coffee and some kind of donut-hole-on-a-stick.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz explained to USA Today how his firm convinces Americans to pay $4 for a paper cup of coffee by offering a horrible sludge called Pike Place Blend at a more reasonable $1.50. Gawker’s Hamilton Nolan listed “The Ten Worst Legacies of Starbucks.” Go to the blogosphere to get the full 17,000–item Trenta–sized list.
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March 8, 2011 at 8:02 pm
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March 13, 2011 at 12:14 pm
UPDATE:
“A Changed Starbucks. A Changed CEO,” Claire Cain Miller, New York Times