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Glad to see starbucks closing 150 stores due to low sales next year. Saw it on Bing a few minutes ago.I say...Hurray!

Just closing the ones with public bathrooms!

Who is this Starbucks that you speak of????

Wish it was 1500 instead.

Starbucks is still growing at a good clip OCONUS. Still growing CONUS too, just not very fast. They’ve conquered the liberal cities, now it’s off to Redlands:

The closing stores are often in “major metro areas where increases in wage and occupancy and other regulatory requirements” are making them unprofitable, Johnson said. “Now, in a lot of ways, it's middle America and the South that presents an opportunity.”

Note the bit about “increases in wage...regulatory requirements”.
Viva la #Fightfor15!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ome-market

With Schultz leaving again, maybe they will refocus on profitability over politics.

Buy local.

Ed4032 wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:22 pm Who is this Starbucks that you speak of????

Really Really nasty coffee! Even their hot chocolate is awful!

crazy2medic wrote: Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:37 pm

Ed4032 wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:22 pm Who is this Starbucks that you speak of????

Really Really nasty coffee! Even their hot chocolate is awful!

I agree - overpriced burnt tasting coffee. l

MaduroBU wrote: Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:23 pmBuy local.

I tried but nobody around here grows decent coffee.

Starbucks is not very good coffee in my opinion but the politics of that place would keep me from buying if it had the best coffee in the world.

BBYC wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:17 pm

MaduroBU wrote: Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:23 pmBuy local.

I tried but nobody around here grows decent coffee.

French pressing good beans, throwing it in the fridge, and then nuking it to drinking temp as needed is cheap, time and cost efficient, and still better than the swill at Starbucks.

Terrible coffee remains terrible no matter how fresh it is. Now the coffee flavored ice cream that Starbucks sells is a different kind of abomination, but I assume that's not what you drink.

BBYC wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:17 pm

MaduroBU wrote: Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:23 pmBuy local.

I tried but nobody around here grows decent coffee.

De Espresso Liber... special forces combat vet owned, roasted to order and fantastic coffees. (I buy the gold star blends)

https://www.deespressoliber.com/

Great service and even better coffee!

I buy from BRCC but they're in Utah. I think so but the recent shipments com from Tennessee.

I would not notice if they closed all of 'em. I remember when you could get a good cup of coffee for 10¢ without political comment that you didn't care for.