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2025-12-31 Economy

Starbucks Shuttering About 400 Locations, 40+ In New York City Alone

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Posted by Shineque Grunter3685 2025-12-31 03:48|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1808 views ] Top

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1st a question.
Will the one in the CIA HQ in Langley be closing?

Also for what it's worth dept.
A growing number of Christians see the mythology siren symbol as a religious issue and avoid Starbucks.

Then there are those that have tried to tie the symbol with the image of Jesus and have the Islamics reading their association of the symbol to Jesus and avoiding it.

In My Case
I also see a ridiculously priced cup of coffee and a company that funds the wrong causes using their prices. ie. $$$$$ for GAZA Meals which we know ended up being used or pocketed by Hamas leadership.

The last cup I purchased was back around 2001 at the Atlanta Airport. I have had better Mess hall coffee.

Posted by Cluque Peacock5506 2025-12-31 06:22|| 2025-12-31 06:22|| Front Page Top

2 Try serving coffee.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-12-31 06:23|| 2025-12-31 06:23|| Front Page Top

3 ^^ #1

I use instant coffee. Good enough.

Posted by badanov 2025-12-31 06:39|| 2025-12-31 06:39|| Front Page Top

4 Since the first comment mentioned the Starbucks logo.

Posted by Pliny Elmeath5440 2025-12-31 07:11|| 2025-12-31 07:11|| Front Page Top

5 Crap coffee from a crap company

Posted by DarthVader 2025-12-31 09:09|| 2025-12-31 09:09|| Front Page Top

6 $7.00 cup of coffee? Logical spot for consumers to cutback and save a few dollars each month.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-12-31 11:04|| 2025-12-31 11:04|| Front Page Top

7 Lewis Black joked that the next step for them was to open up franchises in the bathrooms of their other franchises.

Starbucks had reached saturation and also might be cutting stores where there is union activity. It would all make sense if we coukd see the right pivot table.

I don't go there unless I am dring a thirsty daughter. Their logo is one of the issues that I have with them. We have a Dunkin in town so there is no reason to bother with them.

Starbucks is definitely not going away. Women are loyal to them. Women still buy stuff a Victoria's Secret even after Epstein. Women are mysterious to me.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-12-31 11:25|| 2025-12-31 11:25|| Front Page Top

8 I always thought McDonalds sells pretty good coffee.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-12-31 12:50|| 2025-12-31 12:50|| Front Page Top

9 I never thought about the logo. Now that I look closely, it looks like a mermaid doing what junior high school boys like to see. No need to be any more specific than that.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-12-31 12:55|| 2025-12-31 12:55|| Front Page Top

10 For perspective, one site (Scrapehero) says they have 17,000 locations in the USA.

From what one of my daughters (who no longer works there) tells me, retaliatory closing of union stores seems like a strong possibility.

First time I ever went to one was while looking for something cheap in Geneva (It was, relatively. Ironic.). Second time was to visit my daughter at work. That's it.

Posted by James the lesser 2025-12-31 13:09|| https://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2025-12-31 13:09|| Front Page Top

11 I'm with Abu. McDonalds does have good coffee for a chain restaurant (but that's about the only menu item tolerable there).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-12-31 14:20|| 2025-12-31 14:20|| Front Page Top

12 the McDonalds partnership with Krispy Kreme ended a few months ago

sad

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-12-31 16:22|| 2025-12-31 16:22|| Front Page Top

13 I make all my own coffee in an aero press, excellent taste with a good generic preground and very flexible with flat white/ con leche/ espresso etc styles. Very affordable.

Posted by Knuckles Grundy1702 2025-12-31 17:34|| 2025-12-31 17:34|| Front Page Top

14 I use instant coffee. Good enough.
Can't seem to get the crystals thru the syringe.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-12-31 18:33|| 2025-12-31 18:33|| Front Page Top

15 ^ Like Medical Marijuana

Posted by Frank G 2025-12-31 18:48|| 2025-12-31 18:48|| Front Page Top

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