Starbucks to cut up to 12,000 jobs, close 600 stores

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Richard B

Give me Peet's, give me Ma & Pa coffee shop, give me a bag to home brew. Anything but Star****s.

I like Whole Foods 365 for $9.99 a pound. There is also a brand they sell called Royal Abyssinian that is the smoothest coffee I've ever had ( I drink it with organic half and half, nothing else).

[BombaySapphire3]

I loathe Starbucks and could care less if they all close I usually drink Nob Hill trading co. coffee on sale for %5.99 a bag...better than Starbucks IMO.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by bucklind17

All I know is that there are numerous places in New York City where you can walk out of a Starbuck, go about a block and there's another Starbucks. There's even one area in the city where there is essentially a Starbucks across the street from a Starbucks, which was across the street from a Barnes and Noble that had a Starbucks in it. Ridiculous.

Those are the Starbucks that I thought of when I first heard about this! The Starbucks that are so close together.. there really is NO need for that! I know I saw some like that on my last trip to DC. So I think some of the "extra" Starbucks are the ones that are getting the cut.

Now, in North Carolina.. there aren't ENOUGH Starbucks!

[Brwn_eyes0511]

I also know that, although they still have their HEAR music record label which has such artists as James Taylor, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell signed to it.. they fired most of the heads of the label recently..

Don't know whats going on with them..

[stevierocks87]

Its their own fault for opening so many damn stores. Just here in Atlanta, there is a shopping center where you can stand at the Starbucks in Barnes and Noble and look into the Starbucks in both Target and Kroger. There are also places here too where they are literally blocks away from each other, and malls that have upper level and lower level Starbucks, in addition to the one in Barnes and Noble.

Their coffee is terrible- overroasted, burnt, like motor oil. I have to dose it with half and half. To me, the measure of really good coffee is if I can drink it black, which these days just seems to be at places like Waffle House, IHOP, etc.- There coffee is the best when it is fresh. Even since McDonalds started serving "premium" coffee, it is much too dark and I prefer the older cheaper kind!

As far as being a good place to work for, I worked there for about 3 weeks and I will say comparatively it is good with the health options, etc. but the reason I stopped working there is because I got terribly sick with mono, with a 103 fever, and couldn't find someone to cover my shifts after getting on the Starbucks store directory and frantically calling local stores to see if someone could cover my shift. I understand most retail outlets work like this- find your own replacement if you are sick- but I really don't think that is right. I understand if you just want to skip out of work, but if you are really sick or have had some kind of emergency and the manager knows you to be an honest person, they should find someone for you Also, I was surprised at just how DIFFICULT a job it was, esp. at the location I was at, in the Macy's at Lenox (super posh mall in Atlanta- Buckhead). There was no seating except for a few tables outside, so almost all the customers were in a hurry to shop or get to work- very few "chill" folks. Treat those kids nicely and patiently everyone , they are workin' hard!

I will say that I agree with paradoxically they HAVE been largely responsible for the mass interest in coffee, coffeehouses, and coffeehouse culture, which has in fact paved the way for the explosion of independent coffee places. If someone chooses a Starbucks with an independent place nearby, that is not Starbucks fault

So def. not a black and white issue- those are some of my feelings on Starbucks.

[bucklind17]

A few friends of mine who work at Starbucks recently told me that of the all of the stores being closed, FIVE of them are in the New York metro area. That includes all five boroughs of New York City and Long Island as well. So I guess we will still have a Starbucks on every block in these parts!

[Serrart]

What exactly do you mean by "latte"? I get Starbucks gave to the word a new meaning. In Italy if you ask for it in a bar, the barman will give you a glass of milk.

Romy

[bucklind17]

Originally Posted by Serrart

What exactly do you mean by "latte"? I get Starbucks gave to the word a new meaning. In Italy if you ask for it in a bar, the barman will give you a glass of milk.

Romy

A latte here is espresso and milk. Starbucks has many different flavors of lattes, like vanilla and mocha and caramel and raspberry white mocha and peppermint and etc. etc. etc.

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by bucklind17

A latte here is espresso and milk. Starbucks has many different flavors of lattes, like vanilla and mocha and caramel and raspberry white mocha and peppermint and etc. etc. etc.

Kudos to their creativity. And Americans pay also a lot of money for these lattes. Starbucks' creator is a genius. Now I understand why there isn't a Starbucks in Italy.

Romy

[stevierocks87]

Originally Posted by Serrart

Kudos to their creativity. And Americans pay also a lot of money for these lattes. Starbucks' creator is a genius. Now I understand why there isn't a Starbucks in Italy.

Romy

Oh we silly, silly Americans.