Cheaper, too.
Posted on 03/26/2013 9:34:13 PM PDT by GilGil
At question was whether it was prudent for the company to risk the return for its investors by advocating for gay marriage. The questioner also expressed disappointment with the company’s most recent results and claimed they were partly driven by the boycott Starbucks faced about the gay marriage issue.
Schultz later said that if the shareholder remained unhappy with the 38% annual return on value the company provided, “You can sell your shares of Starbucks. It’s a free country.”
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Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf have far better tasting coffee as well. I’m not aware of any rabid Lefties running it.
liberal biggot
That is the point of all this. The world is no longer a $5.00 cup-of-coffee world. It is a get-the-best-deal world. The CEO’s profit model is based on the past and he can no longer sustain his company on his prices. He seems desperate and out of touch.
Conditions accepted.
Don’t worry. Mr. Schultz, your coffee tastes like burnt bitter Obama!
Well said.
OK.
liberal biggot
And a bully.
Don’t worry. Mr. Schultz, your coffee tastes like burnt bitter Obama!
I have never had their coffee but have heard it tastes like Obama.
It’s what the Bug said to Edgar in MIB...
Wow. Given their buy brand populace, there might be a good uptick. Buy now, buy large.
Wow. Given their buy brand populace, there might be a good uptick. Buy now, buy large.
Yeah right, lets check back with Schultzy at end of Q2 2013 to see how the profits are from this "economic decision".
C'ya latte Sbux.
Precisely. This guy is making a major false calculation like the CEO of JCPenney.
Sooooo ...... free coffee ?
never bought starbucks, see no reason to ever.
I guess they don’t need my $3 bucks a day for ice tea. As I read my own post I am thinking $3 bucks a day? How stupid is that? DONE!
Cheaper, too.
Thanks for the posting
This story broke over the weekend on radio I think by Cunningham’s Sunday talkie sub who played an audio clip. Finally it made it to print/web and the FR website. It’s still not being covered by the talkies. One local am daily talkie, Sykes WTMJ, mentioned Starbucks but not what that CEO did.
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