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Starbucks' 'Brand Perception' Takes A Massive Hit After Announcing Plans To Hire 10,000 Refugees
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-24/ ^ | 24 February 2017 | Tyler Durden

Posted on 02/24/2017 6:42:05 PM PST by Lorianne

About a month ago, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz decided to 'take a stand' in defiance of Trump's immigration executive order and penned a message to the world vowing, among other things, to hire 10,000 refugees over the next 5 years and "build bridges, not walls, with Mexico". Here are some excerpts from the politically charged message drafted by Schultz with "deep concern and a heavy heart":

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


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To: Lorianne

I’m getting “Page Not Found” when I try to go to the article.


21 posted on 02/24/2017 7:15:52 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Life was so much better before Hart-Cellar.)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag
Starbucks was served by my airline for more than a few years. No longer....the coffee has a bitter taste, to me. and is way over priced. I used one of their stores to get internet access last year and had “the willies” looking at the strange people (libtards and pseudo intellects) that were just so damn proud that they were paying the big price for “froo-froo crap. I didn't feel guilty for not buying the product and I was not alone.
22 posted on 02/24/2017 7:17:00 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: rwa265

The small is a short eight ounces. The tall is 12oz.
I bought a Keurig for Christmas as a family gift. No one has been to Starbucks since.


23 posted on 02/24/2017 7:17:58 PM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: lurk
The 10,000 number now refers to "world-wide", and I happened to click on a youtube link a couple of days ago with the wrong browser, and a SBUX ad came up, featuring veterans, in the montage.

Instead of skipping the ad, I just closed the tab before the ad ended.

24 posted on 02/24/2017 7:23:00 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Lorianne

who wants to be served by someone who wipes with their left hand? I personally refuse to be served unless they “wipe right.”


25 posted on 02/24/2017 7:23:52 PM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

sorry, I have a lot of trouble with links to Zero Hedge.
Maybe someone else can post the link.


26 posted on 02/24/2017 7:28:00 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

I don’t know how Starbucks stays popular...

The right dislikes them because of their leftist leanings.

The left breaks their windows and burns them because they’re a corporate giant.

The hipster middle must be enough.


27 posted on 02/24/2017 7:28:50 PM PST by socal_parrot (Do you like Pina Coladas?)
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To: Tanniker Smith

I’ve never considered Dunkin stock but will look at it and see.

Krispy Kreme to me is THE DOUGHNUT for me. DD is fair.

I never liked coffee and maybe have had two Starbucks hot chocolates.


28 posted on 02/24/2017 7:38:34 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Lorianne

This is racial discrimination.

They should be sued.

They won’t be.

But they should be.


29 posted on 02/24/2017 7:39:22 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

Panra bread for me. Good coffee, better pastries and killer WiFi with comfy couches.

CC


30 posted on 02/24/2017 7:39:27 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Lorianne
If I owned a business selling cheeseburgers my goal would be to sell the best cheeseburger anywhere and not sell my political beliefs.

StarBucks and many of the other supposed smart people running these businesses just can't to figure out that alienating half of your possible customer base and potentially the half with the most buying power is a stupid idea.

The should teach the "Dixie Chicks" effect in business school.

31 posted on 02/24/2017 7:41:19 PM PST by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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To: Lorianne

Just wait til the botulism epidemics start like Chili’s. Then he’ll be out of business.


32 posted on 02/24/2017 7:44:59 PM PST by Calusa (Let our children be dreamers, too! Donald Trump (and Kellyanne Conway))
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To: Lorianne

Just wait til the botulism epidemics start like Chili’s. Then he’ll be out of business.


33 posted on 02/24/2017 7:45:00 PM PST by Calusa (Let our children be dreamers, too! Donald Trump (and Kellyanne Conway))
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To: Lorianne; rawcatslyentist
Freeper rawcatslyentist; posted:

"Whoda thunk people don’t want their coffee made by people that don’t use toilet paper? "

This afternoon I ordered two pkg of “Beyond Black” Black Rifle Coffee from:

http://www.blackriflecoffee.com/

Would have purchased a couple of mugs, but the ones I wanted sold out already.

(There *are* other mugs available.)

34 posted on 02/24/2017 7:46:31 PM PST by LucyT
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To: Joe Bfstplk

McDonald’s coffee is actually pretty good.Dunkin Donuts is way better than good.We can find coffee almost anywhere.


35 posted on 02/24/2017 7:52:09 PM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Calusa

It will more likely be Norwalk Virus or something similar.


36 posted on 02/24/2017 7:58:47 PM PST by Don W ( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: 867V309; ExTexasRedhead

“who wants to be served by someone who wipes with their left hand? I personally refuse to be served unless they “wipe right.””

Your bigger problem will be dealing with the “ex-jihadi barista” who had his “eating hand” cut off because of some Islamic violation. You know he has no choice about which hand to use to wipe his a$$! And with all this “repatriation” of Illegal Alien Mexicans, I’d pass on the Taco Bell and the Pollo Loco too! No telling what adulterant is in the “special sauce,” or if there are any “non-standard constituents” in the refried beans! and of course there’s the “suspect cerveza!”


37 posted on 02/24/2017 8:08:26 PM PST by vette6387
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To: Lorianne

We dropped Starbucks like it was hot when they announced that crap and put them on the ‘Do Not Boy” list along with Target and Ajaccio Penny’s.


38 posted on 02/24/2017 8:08:28 PM PST by Bodleian_Girl
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To: Lorianne

39 posted on 02/24/2017 8:17:56 PM PST by Zakeet (I haven't seen Democrats this pissed off since the Republicans forced them to free their slaves)
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To: Zakeet

Why don’t they use toilet paper?!?


40 posted on 02/24/2017 8:20:10 PM PST by Bodleian_Girl
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