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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Starbucks Corp. plans to add more lower-calorie versions of its ready-to-drink bottled Frappuccinos to store shelves next year through its joint venture with PepsiCo Inc. The gourmet coffee chain did not want to provide any specifics about the new drinks but...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
The gourmet coffee chain did not want to provide any specifics about the new drinks but said in a statement, "We're looking forward to expanding our portfolio of high-quality, ready-to-drink products with exciting new offerings in the coming year."
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Environmental Leader (Free subscription) | yesterday
Starbucks is turning off continuously running taps at all stores in an attempt to rescue its green image, BusinessGreen reported last week. The stores are introducing an “interim operational procedure” with instructions to switch off the dipper well tap and wash spoons after use,” the company said. That news followed a Sun report that the coffee [...]
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Arizona Coffee (Free subscription) | yesterday
Founds this interesting blog post and thread up on the Starbucks Gossip blog. According to the action item: Baristas are no longer required to pull shots into shot glasses where the quality of the shot can be seen. We are now allowed to pull the directly into the cup. If the timing of the shot is [...]
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Silly Little Country (Free subscription) | yesterday
A political scientist this morning commented on the Canadian election on the CBC, and particularly outcomes around the Greater Toronto Area, and contrasted the Conservatives and Liberals as the Tim Horton`s and Starbucks parties. This seems to me about right, and explains how the City of Toronto votes Liberal or NDP, and the whole region around the centre city votes Conservative. He really ought to...
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TREND HUNTER Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
(TrendHunter.com) While Starbucks is busy shuttering U.S. stores, the Starbucks Japan team has learned that for their market, new packaging is the key to success. The Kyoto Matcha Latte isn’t so much about the green…
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Yes, I'm a submissive man! (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dear Diary I had a submissive moment this morning. Walking into my neighborhood Starbucks for the first of several cups of their darkest roast, I was fortunate enough to stand behind a very confident - and dare I say attractive - woman in line ahead of me. She was smartly dressed in a dark suit, skirt and heels. Her image: a successful woman in control . I stood deferentially behind her inhaling her...
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SeekingAlpha Retail Stocks (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
Michael Steinberg submits: The Wall Street Journal “Starbucks Leases in Dispute” reports that Starbucks (SBUX) is playing hardball with landlords for existing stores that it is vacating and new stores that it does not intend to occupy. Starbucks claims that its leases contain a clause allowing it to negotiate early terminations. When landlords refuse to negotiate, Starbucks simply stops paying the...
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Coffee break here... (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
Here is the fact: In the United States alone there are 7,087 Company-operated stores, and an additional 4,081 licensed stores. Can you imagine the massive amounts of waste that is being produced and delivered to landfills a year? Take a second to jump over and sign this petition, to get StarBucks to setup recycling bins in [...]
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Ruscombe Green (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
I don't read The Sun regularly but there was a copy of today's paper lying around when I was out this morning - I noticed their piece on Starbucks wasting 6.2 million gallons of water each day - apparently through a 'health policy' that requires a constantly running tap at each store. It was only on Sunday that I was writing about the need for water conservation (see here) it is quite
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Starbucks Gossip (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
Some landlords contend Starbucks is paying rent late or darkening stores before specifying the closure dates to make the landlords wary of a fight and to pressure them into letting the company out of leases for a price they deem...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
SEATTLE, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. retail coffee giant Starbucks said it would try a three-point approach to getting through what could end up as the holiday blahs. The company said it was issuing thousands of free discount cards to its best customers and selling the card, which discounts most items by 10 percent, for $25. It has also brought prices down for many holiday gift items, including its coffee...
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yumsugar (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
Amid slipping sales, Starbucks Coffee has unveiled several plans to boost holiday consumer spending. This year, the coffee titan will sell five $20 gift cards for the discounted price of $80 — the first time ever that Starbucks has offered a gift card for less than face value. These gift cards, available only at discount retailer Costco , have been flying off shelves. In the promotion's first month,...
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dmwhipp | 10/06/2008
What Palin Learned At Breakfast At a rally in California on Sunday, October 5, Palin shares with the crowd a quote she read on the back of a Starbuck's coffee cup. "I'm readin' on my Starbuck's mocha cup, okay, the quote of the day? You'll never believe what the quote was. It was Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State, and U.N. Ambassador. And Madeleine has as her quote of the day for Starbuck's
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traderthoughts.com | 12/17/2007
Discussions on the state of the economy usually do not evade an assessment about consumer spending and confidence. It may be because of the ivory tower nature of some of the economic indicators that we have glutton friendly indicators like Big Mac Index (which measures the purchasing power parity). In a similar vein, indicators like Coca Cola map has also come up. However, Big Mac Index continues to
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retrevo | 12/15/2007
Everything you need to know about giving and using a gift card this holiday season and beyond from the consumer experts at Retrevo . A gift card can be a very practical gift. You can get someone a holiday gift card, or a prepaid gift card for any.
