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jadedwench ,

I like some things from Starbucks, but ever since the manager tore into an autistic girl for having the gall to have boundaries while being sexually harassed, I stopped going. I even reported that POS manager to the DM. Fuck that guy. Girl did nothing wrong and got shit on for “not reporting it the right way”, “not working it out like an adult”, and “being mean”. FFS, the person she was training was the damn poster child for Sexual Harassment and she told him no, she did not want to be touched nor hit on.

I much prefer my local coffee shops, but they are all ~15 minutes away. Only one of them has a decent amount of seating with outlets. The rest are small and don’t really accommodate people who want to work for a few hours, which is the main reason I am going to a coffee shop in the first place. The only close one was that Starbucks.

abcd ,

Starbucks, do you remember when the German government lowered the VAT in July 2020 for restaurants when COVID hit us? The intention was to make food cheaper for the consumer to prevent restaurants from going bankrupt.

That’s the month you increased your prizes to sell your stuff for the same prize including VAT as before and making more profit, giving your customers a huge middle finger.

Pepperidge Farm remembers.

caboose2006 ,

Good

Waldowal ,
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I haven’t gone to Starbucks for a regular coffee since they changed to only serving Pike’s Place Roast (like 10+ years ago).

It should tell them something when you go to the grocery store, Starbucks is on sale, and they are out of Breakfast Blend, House Blend, and Veranda Blend, but they have full shelves of fucking Pike’s. There are several gas station brand coffees better than that swill.

Astronauticaldb ,

They actually don’t just serve PPR, generally, every store will have Veranda (Light) and either Verona or Sumatra (Both dark) depending on the week you visit. Some stores even have decaf Pike now.

JCreazy ,

I just doing drink coffee so that solves that problem. The last time I went to a Starbucks was when I was on vacation in Florida in 2012

venusaur ,
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Isn’t this because they were supporting Israel?

HK65 ,

As much as I wish it was, it’s more likely people are cutting back spending across junk food, see McDs having the same problem.

mctoasterson ,

Maybe it’s because their coffee is garbage, their prices are high, and many people have less disposable income than they used to.

ShepherdPie ,

Here in the NW, in their own home territory, they’re few and and far between these days. There is way too much good coffee around for them to support being on every street corner like they used to be.

cm0002 ,

There is way too much good coffee around for them to support being on every street corner like they used to be.

Frankly, I don’t know what they were thinking, the barrier to entry to get a good coffee shop going is a lot lower than say a restaurant or fast food joint. They don’t need kitchens or seating areas or food stuff or even a big enough lot for a parking lot and I’d bet the margins for coffee are a lot bigger. It was never going to be very long before competitors were everywhere lol

Track_Shovel ,

Whee hee! Look! Another signpost for a recession. McDs also are taking a hit bc of pricing and such

Exusia ,
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I think it’s just a combination at this stage. Something for everyone to hate about them.

They’re anti-union. They’re meme levels of expensive in an era of strapped cash. People are conscious of “local” business over something they know is a chain. Brand reputationn for low quality for the price has set in. And lastly people are aware of their stagnation. There’s nothing “revolutionary” going on in the coffee industry to draw customers who have been turned off back to them. Even McShungles can draw people back to them with a special sale on something. Starbucks never does that I’m aware of (and if they do they’re doing a shit job of advertising as evidenced by my lack of knowledge)

markpaskal ,

My local cafes are just better, and they’re just as close as Starbucks. It’s not that they aren’t busy, their sales just aren’t growing and shareholders don’t like it when the line doesn’t go up.

Kalkaline ,
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Why would you go to Starbucks if another local coffee shop was nearby? Their coffee is fine, but it loses taste tests to McDonald’s. They’re anti union. They’re too expensive. You can usually get a better coffee elsewhere.

HeyJoe ,

That’s crazy. Someone told me McDonald’s coffee is pretty good for the lower price range. I tried it a few times since you never know if it was just a bad batch, and I gotta say it was pretty awful, not for me. I just avoid starbucks because they think they can charge you the most ridiculous price I’ve seen for ok coffee. I have a few local places I will go to if I need something. Sadly, they are pretty expensive as well these days, but they are still cheaper than starbucks.

criticon ,

I wonder if the people who claim that only order the sugary stuff. I tried McDonald’s a couple of times recently after reading online that they got the Tim Hortons OG coffee provider and it was awful. I’m not a fan of Starbucks but at least they serve consistently good coffee (not great). I only get it if I’m on company expenses

Semi_Hemi_Demigod ,
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The best mass market coffee I’ve had is, no joke, Sheetz. If their fancy machines are to be believed, they’re grinding the beans fresh every time and doing some kind of pressurized brewing method. For each cup. And if you buy something else it’s usually free.

androogee ,

I mean it’s a low bar. Starbucks coffee is fucking terrible.

Cryophilia ,

I love the Starbucks sugar and fat loaded frappucinos.

Fortunately, there’s a unionized Starbucks near me! A little out of the way but I make the trip. I feel ok supporting that branch and only that branch.

TheBigBrother , (edited )

Starbucks gives me apple fanboy vibes…

InternetUser2012 ,

Good. I hope every single company that took advantage of the inflation by raising prices to the fucking moon goes under.

workerONE ,

I want planning to go back to Starbucks but it turns out they didn’t actually sponsor the RNC convention politifact.com/…/starbucks-was-an-official-sponso…

Now I don’t know, coffee bean and tea leaf have a nice Colombian coffee

Gingerlegs ,

Omg, the consequences of all the giant corporations inflating prices for the last 4 years

robocall ,
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The Starbucks in my area removed all their seating. I would go for the 3rd space aspect but they got rid of it.

sentientity ,

Dystopian. You are a cafe!

ChillPenguin ,

First McDonald’s falling sales. Now Starbucks falling sales. Hmm… I wonder if there’s a trend going on here.

return2ozma OP ,
@return2ozma@lemmy.world avatar

We’re all maxed out and broke!

another ,

Are we going elsewhere or are we just too broke to grab a $7 coffee every day?

Annoyed_Crabby ,

Maybe because we’re too broke for a $7 coffee everyday so we going elsewhere.

another ,

Or maybe we are just annoyed and crabby.

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