Posted on 08/03/2006 9:28:46 AM PDT by Cagey
Mass suicides reported of nose ring-wearing liberals in Seattle.
The blush is off the rose and the drinks are just too expensive for what they really are. Save the environment and cut your prices Star-BUCKS.
More money needed for gas, less money for overpriced coffee...
Take note: hot coffee is never a big seller during a sweltering summertime. I must admit though, those chocolate croissants are great at breakfasttime.
price of coffee going up too.
Starbucks is one of those companies that is basically held hostage by high fuel prices -- because the vast majority of their sales are discretionary by nature. Lots of people drink coffee, but cost pressures in other areas of the economy will lead many people to drop this "boutique coffee" in favor of "normal coffee."
They always make it sound worse than it is.
I gave up caffeine last week, so I was expecting this. Just not so soon.
Outrageous, I won't even get a coffee from Dunkin Donuts. $2.00 for a coffee? No thanks, I'll brew my own.
Maybe people are starting to realize how nasty their coffee really is.
So profits were in line with predictions, management laments that they could have sold more with better planning, and the stock tumbles?
Bargain hunting time. Goes to show you when you've got a ton of liberals who invest in your company, you have to deal with the fact that they're eager to lose. (Oh, and it's Bush's fault.)
The blush isn't off of anything when profits are up sixteen per cent.
Wow... people paying $5-$7 for something they can get elsewhere for <$1... and you didn't think it was a fad??? I'm shocked.. shocked I tell you.
I've never been to a starbucks, nor have I had one of their high priced beverages... JMO, but a cup of designer coffee that costs as much as a gallon of gas has a short life...:|
LOL. You beat me to it (see #8).
Starbucks coffee is way too acidic for my taste, and of course the prices are idiotic (I blame the consumers for paying it, not SB), but the desserts and specialty drinks are good. I think the heat wave caused the slump.
That, and you can now find flavored coffees everywhere you step... Why drive to starbucks when the guy who shines shoes in the lobby of your building is selling the same thing for less than 1/2 price?
Amen. I wouldn't drink that if you gave it to me for free, let alone pay the small fortune they charge for it.
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