Starbucks closing 600 stores in the US - Page 3

**Hitman** · July 2nd, 2008

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Originally Posted by drew and not u

I'm not saying their perfect (who is?) but personally I'm willing to pay more for a product from a company that takes care of it's employees instead of exploiting them.

Like this?
http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1297922&page=1

**Reloadron** · July 2nd, 2008

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Originally Posted by Hitman

Like this?
ABC News: Restaurant Shift Turns Into Nightmare

How the hell could not just one but several people be so damn stupid?

On another note watch what SBUX does today:

SBUX - Stock Quote for Starbucks Corp - MSN Money

Ron

**Hitman** · July 2nd, 2008

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Originally Posted by Reloadron

How the hell could not just one but several people be so damn stupid?
Ron

McDonald's employees can't even get an order right half the time, let alone do whats right.

**PrOLifIC_onE** · July 2nd, 2008

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Originally Posted by Reloadron

How the hell could not just one but several people be so damn stupid?

yeah. Because McDs employees are the brightest on earth...

**Hitman** · July 2nd, 2008

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Originally Posted by PrOLifIC_onE

yeah. Because McDs employees are the brightest on earth...

Hey it's hard work to remember "Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun".

**Reloadron** · July 2nd, 2008

Nice going with the McDonalds comments. Now the White Eagle of the North will be on the war path.

Ron

**Hitman** · July 2nd, 2008

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Originally Posted by Reloadron

Nice going with the McDonalds comments. Now the White Eagle of the North will be on the war path.

Ron

By the time he posts his reply on dial up we will have moved on to the next victim.

**One4yu2c** · July 2nd, 2008

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Originally Posted by alyssastep

I feel like their best business move ever was teaming up with Barnes and Noble and putting coffee shops in the book store.

On a semi-related side note, I found out you can't use a Starbucks gift card in the Barnes and Noble Starbucks section. Apparently, they serve Starbucks coffee, but it's not a Starbucks, per se.

**Hitman** · July 2nd, 2008

Thanks for the graphical aid Paul, all this reading was giving me a headache.

screwballl · July 2nd, 2008

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Originally Posted by Hitman

That's because there is only one restaurant in your town.

nope, once our population hit 20,000, they fixed up the outside, changed the name and made it a chain... its called Po'Folks now.

great pic!

July 2nd, 2008	#26
Reloadron Helper Person In General Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,511	Re: Starbucks closing 600 stores in the US Nice going with the McDonalds comments. Now the White Eagle of the North will be on the war path. Ron

July 2nd, 2008	#29
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,561 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Starbucks closing 600 stores in the US Thanks for the graphical aid Paul, all this reading was giving me a headache.

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