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Howard Schultz: Starbucks to open Ferguson store
Fortune ^
Posted on 04/22/2015 2:46:27 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Schultz said that the coffee chain will open a store in what has been an epicenter of racial tension in the U.S., one month after unveiling its controversial Race Together campaign.
Starbucks baristas may not be writing “Race Together” on customers’ coffee cups anymore, but CEO Howard Schultz certainly isn’t done talking about the nation’s touchiest topic.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ferguson; starbucks
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Why do I forsee a loss leader in this store?
Howard has jumped the shark.
To: Red in Blue PA
I know exactly why you see a loss leader!
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:48:48 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
To: Red in Blue PA
Good intentions meets reality!
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:48:49 PM PDT
by
lormand
(Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
To: Red in Blue PA
Lots of $5 coffee drinkers in Ferguson, are there?
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:48:51 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:48:56 PM PDT
by
rainee
(Her)
To: Red in Blue PA
I bet they talk about it, but don’t do it.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:50:02 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Red in Blue PA
I bet they talk about it, but don’t do it.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:50:03 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Red in Blue PA
Sharpton must have guilt-tripped him.
But what of all the many other ghetto areas across the nation without Starbucks?
Don’t Feral Lives Matters when it comes to overpriced coffee?
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:50:09 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
To: rainee
http://i28.tinypic.com/2143y4x.jpg
"I love coffee!"
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:50:20 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: Red in Blue PA
The brothers aren’t too down for coffee, let alone $4 coffee.
To: Red in Blue PA
To: Red in Blue PA
What a pandering ass Schultz is.
To: Red in Blue PA
Another Starbucks I will never visit ...... sort of like all the rest of them.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:50:56 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: Red in Blue PA
Let's try this again......
"I love coffee!"
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:51:03 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
To: Red in Blue PA
the shop will be burned for coffee black
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:51:06 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
To: Red in Blue PA
Sounds like a great marketing gimmick. They open in a bad areea, get a lot of press that boosts sales in their real stores, and then they collect the insurance when their Ferguson store burns. What could go wrong?
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:51:37 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Why do I forsee a loss leader in this store?Is this the loss leader you are talking about?
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:51:54 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Red in Blue PA
I hope no one is hurt when it is looted.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:52:14 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
To: Red in Blue PA
Who would be underwriting the insurance on this fool idea.
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:52:38 PM PDT
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
To: Red in Blue PA
LOL!
Ya, maybe if they sell 40oz beer, might have a chance..
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posted on
04/22/2015 2:52:49 PM PDT
by
rainee
(Her)
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