Comments on: McStarbucks

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:14:48 +0000

You mean Starbucks isn’t the hip/happenin’ place to hang out any more? Great – I’ll actually start going there now.

Free WiFi = priceless.

Having to pay $5 for a cup of coffee to use said free WiFi and experience decent atmosphere = acceptable.

Having all that and being forced to sit in uncomfortable chairs in brightly lit small spaces, listening to pompous jackasses spout-off about how important they are on their crackberry because they simply must be seen at Starbucks = just not worth it.

By: M. Gauzens

M. Gauzens — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:49:55 +0000

There’s a very interesting memo from Howard Schulz relating to this very topic – when did Starbucks lose its atmosphere by trying to appeal too widely?

Here is a link to the memo which I’ve also seen referenced in WSJ: http://starbucksgossip.typepad.com/_/2007/02/starbucks_chair_2.html

One good quote from it that kind of sums up the whole problem is, “Some people even call our stores sterile, cookie cutter, no longer reflecting the passion our partners feel about our coffee.” McDonald’s hasn’t lost anything by offering coffee in the morning, but Starbucks has lost a lot by commoditizing its own brand name.

By: Frank Schab

Frank Schab — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:20:13 +0000

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By: Shauna Z. Craighead

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