Fresh Brews: Starbucks Protests, Profits And Other Non-Starbucks news

by Mike on July 26, 2009 in Coffee News

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Faux Starbucks baristas protest outside new 15th Ave Coffee & Tea
Whether you think the new Starbucks “local” coffee shop are a good thing or a bad thing, you have to like this protest. The protesters dressed up as Starbucks baristas to celebrate the grand opening and carried around signs touting the new local image that Starbucks is trying to portray.

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Extreme John July 26, 2009 at 3:44 pm: I really really like the design concept behind the new Starbucks “Local” coffee houses.

On a side note, you mean to tell me the loser in the picture above has nothing better to do than stand in front of a coffee place and vent? Can’t he just write a blog instead?

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Mike July 26, 2009 at 7:00 pm: It really should be interesting to see how the new Starbucks concept stores do.

LOL. There was a whole group of them protesting. I saw some better pictures earlier this week, but couldn’t find them again this morning.

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Allen July 26, 2009 at 7:22 pm: I really don’t have a problem with Starbucks trying to tap into the local scene. I expect businesses to try to make money — and Starbucks isn’t guilty of anything but that. I don’t much care for their signature over-roasted, high-acidity beans, but apparently a lot of people do.

Kudos to the protester, though–at least he was clever about it.

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Demi July 27, 2009 at 1:09 am: Thanks for the coverage. I’m not a fan of the idea. First Starbucks puts the mom and pop coffee shops out of business, now they want to impersonate them? What next, will Walmart break into small mom and pop chains so they’ll look more friendly? What a joke.

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Alex Scofield July 27, 2009 at 10:56 pm: I am reminded of Alfred E. Neuman’s definition of the suburbs: “Where they chop down all the trees, then name the streets after them.”

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