A plan to rescue Starbucks

re: A plan to rescue Starbucks

Xchin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:41:36 GMT

Also a former Starbucks fan. I noticed Starbucks has lost it's romatic social enviroment that Shultz was going going for much like the Europeians still have. As a wannabe coffee connissuer its all about taste. They need to go back to the basics. I am a big fan of the CLOVER machine but I'm not a big fan that Starbucks bought the company so mom and pop shops can't experience new technology to coffee brewing. I'm not so sure if general coffee drinkers will pay two bucks more for a Clover coffee.

re: A plan to rescue Starbucks

pat — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:10:30 GMT

Plain and simple, lower the prices to help the consumer during these hard times.

re: A plan to rescue Starbucks

Emma — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:48:16 GMT

I am not a fan of Starbucks. I don't like their coffee much, but when they introduced the paring with their cakes. I start going to starbucks. Their coffee is a bit too bitter, but if you drink the coffee with the cake together, the taste is perfect. This is the only reason I'll go to Starbucks.

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Sylvia — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:16:56 GMT

I go daily to starbuck. I have started to go to other coffee houses. All I want is a good cup of bold coffee. A good cup of coffee! Star bucks is pushing a lot of bad coffee. They don't care whether we like it or not. When you complain the employees just say this is what corporate sent and that a lot of people complain. So corporate drink all your Anniversary blend and Pike's Place. Good luck to you.

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Cher C. — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:50:16 GMT

I consider myself a very finicky coffee drinker, I have enjoy numerous cups thru out each day. I would gladly pay a higher price for a cup af coffee that is going to wow my taste buds, but... Starbucks isnt it! Thier brew is way too strong and bitter. It has a burnt flavor and always has. Anyone who knows and enjoys a fine cup of Joe, will agree. No atmosphere at Mickey D's,but their new blend is by far more drinkable than S.B.

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Katherine — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:20:59 GMT

I own a mom and pop bakery/cafe/coffeeshop. We make our breakfast rolls from scratch. We brew locally-roasted coffee beans (drip and espresso drinks). We offer crepes, sandwiches, salads, two soups from scratch every day, in-house-made pastries, cakes, cookies, quiche, and more. Yes, sales are down dramatically following the economic crisis. We are trying to do more with less...as in staff...without lowering our levels of customer service. With consumer spending down, it will be our great challenge to survive even with the fantastic offerings we have (at fair prices, we believe). As with Starbucks, we are going for the quality and ambiance vs. drive-through convenience and low prices. It's hard, but we are hopeful. I also hope that readers will continue to support independent coffeehouses, bakeries and cafes such as ours. We really do appreciate it!

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Destiny — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:49:18 GMT

Almost 5 months ago I sent an e-mail to you my faithful friends. I did a wrong thing that needs to be cleared up. I heard by word of mouth about how Starbucks said they didn’t support the war and all. I was having enough of that kind of talk and didn’t do my research properly like I should have. This is not true. Starbucks supports men and women in uniform. They have personally contacted me and I have been sent many copies of their company’s policy on this issue. So I apologize for this quick and wrong letter that I sent out to you.

Now I ask that you all pass this email around to everyone you passed the last one to.

This is a Email I am passing on.

re: A plan to rescue Starbucks

rick hartrick — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:18:31 GMT

I just don't get it with these people who want to bash Starbucks. If they do not enjoy coffee from Starbucks then stay away. I personally feel that Starbucks offers a fine tasting coffee at a compettive cost and simply do not enjoy the taste of competitor brands since, more than not, they are far to weak and over rated.

As a corporation, I find Starbucks to be quite responsible to the consumer, offering a wide variety product and extremely friendly personnel. Mr. Shultz is back at the helm attempting to shore up an entity which plays a very important role within the communities they operate and serve. I'm a member of Starbuck promotions and shall ALWAYS seek out their stores when I want a quality cup of coffee.

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Scott M — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:30:22 GMT

As everyone has said...Go back to your roots! Practice your fundamentals, and remember what got you there. I can buy a cup of coffe anywhere...for alot less. What I want is the experience, something different. And as far as politics, if they want to help children, why not start in our own country

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Adam — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:21:32 GMT

I cannot believe the ignorance of people in their comments about the cost of Starbucks coffee. Do you realize there is about a 15 cent difference between Starbucks coffe and gas station coffee? Starbucks has quality assurance in there timers and properly maintaned equipment that these "gas stations/ convenience stores" do not have. If you are talking about cappuccinos and lattes that is different $$ and these other places do not sell those types of drinks. You get what you pay for, and no, I do not work for Starbucks I have been around the coffee business from both Starbucks side and the "gas station/ convenience store" sides and I could scare you with stories about those other places and you are definitely not getting "quality coffe" due to the lack of quality assurance at those "other" places.