Howard Schultz: Starbucks to open Ferguson store

Fortune ^

[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.

[George from New England]

Once the MSM clear out, who will buy there?

[tioga]

I hope they are open late for the looters.

[Zeneta]

Black Coffee in Bed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9QZhLSKEps

[Red in Blue PA]

I hope they are open late for the looters.

It is going to be a 24 hour Starbucks......broken windows have that effect.

[dp0622]

lol. He will take the monetary loss to show how compassionate he is. And he will move into the worst part of Ferguson with this wife and kids and....wait, no

[SZonian]

Don’t laugh, we’ll be paying for it if they accept EBT...

[colorado tanker]

The elderly and people with fatal diseases are invited to apply.

[GOPJ]

I want to see some Starbucks in the hearts of black ‘communities’ in Chicago,Baltimore, and Detroit...

[Responsibility2nd]

Fast Forward to November of 2015. Ferguson, MO

 

[GOPJ]

The vast majority of black community members are not NOT as impressed with white liberal elites as Howard Schultz thinks they are...

This could get interesting.

[Red in Blue PA]

I hope Howard is the greeter at the door on Opening Day.

[DoughtyOne]

Bad idea. The kids who work the counter will be the ones who take the brunt of the objections.

I’d steer clear of Ferguson.

[Resolute Conservative]

I’ve never seen a brutha barista. Do they have the wardrobe?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Ditto.

[CarmichaelPatriot]

Typical liberal elitist. Trying to address a problem, in the wrong way, with other peoples money (the stockholders of Starbucks).

These bozos need to start making such foolish gestures with the money in their own pockets. At the very least, I would call this a breach of his fiduciary responsibility to the stockholders.

[Lizavetta]

Who would be underwriting the insurance on this fool idea.

According to the Internet, Schultz is worth $2 billion.

He could pay some pretty steep premiums for thousands of stores before he would even begin to care about any losses. This is all about patting his enlightened self on the back, and in the public eye.

[doorgunner69]

Well, they have to have something to loot when the time comes..........

[tanknetter]

The vast majority of black community members are not NOT as impressed with white liberal elites as Howard Schultz thinks they are...

This could get interesting.

Gentrification.

[BunnySlippers]

I buy coffee fromStarbu,CDs several times a week. Sometimes everyday y.

I buy coffee, plain, in a cup. If I get there before 10am I love the extra strong!

It starts at about $1..00. Try it.

[PGR88]

Schultz sounds more and more like a cheap PR whore, trying to buy political protection insurance from the left

Next time they want to make a target of some famous brand for minimum wage, environment concerns, obesity, foreign labor exploration (take your pick) he hopes they will avoid his business.