Niccol said. “What we’re seeing is people, you know, they want to have a special experience, and regardless of what your income level is. In some cases, you know, a $9 experience does feel like you’re splurging. And then, what that means is we have to make it worthwhile, right?”
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spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 29 pts · 94d
"You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living." - W.C. Fields
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 94d
I thought that was Bob marley
tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social · 18 pts · 94d
If you call a cup of coffee “an experience” you can fuck the hell off.
oeuf@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 94d
Pro tip: you can buy one coffee from starbucks to get the takeaway cup, then make all subsequent coffees yourself for no more than 1/18 of the price, put them in the cup and then walk around outside looking like the sort of person who has a Macbook in their rucksack.
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 94d
That sounds dumb.
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 94d
You can reuse it like once but then it will get gummy
commander@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 94d
Ya. Buying Starbucks to use their paper cups at home makes no sense. You can buy hundreds of paper cups marketed for coffee for like $20
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 94d
and there are better coffee than burnt starbucks. or make your own.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 93d
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 93d
They still did spend money at Starbucks, making it a dumb plan
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 93d
athatet@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 93d
It still involves shopping there at least once. Forget it.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 93d
sibannac@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 93d
Why do free advertising for them?
the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 94d
I just bought a pound of coffee beans for $9, and I thought that was too expensive.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 93d
I bought a 3lb tin of Kirklands grounds for $24 and even thought THAT was too expensive
the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 93d
I'll drink to that.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 93d
It's sad so many choose Starbuck's over small cafes and drive-throughs.
I mean, if it was cheap, and good... okay? I'd understand.
But it's expensive. It's like the Chick-fil-a of coffee, except more pricey, and not even as "satisfactory" as Chick-fil-a chicken; Starbucks is no better than McDonald's coffee, to my tongue. And certainly no better mixed in a sugary cocktail.
Besides. Who doesn't love trying a small chain when they stumble on one? Like this one I found at a gas station in Florida:
Finofilipino@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 93d
Luckily in Europe the norm is locally owned coffee shops, bars, restaurants, etc.
If I see a chain I just prefer not to enter and go to an independent owner instead.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 93d
wavebeam@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 93d
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 93d
wavebeam@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 93d
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 93d
wavebeam@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 92d
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 92d
stopforgettingit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 92d
This is that same guy the was Chipotle CEO that made the sizes smaller, then denied that they did.
Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 93d
If I'm going to spend that on a cafe beverage, I have better options, like locally owned cafes that often have better quality and service.
nosuchanon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 93d
Starbucks’ coffee tastes burnt anyway. They call it flavor, but really it’s just there to cut the rest of the sugar syrup concoction thru call coffee.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 93d
Cheap burnt beans taste the same as expensive burnt beans. Convincing the public that charcoal was good flavor was marketing genius.
tehWrapper@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 94d
What's to defend.. if people buy it that's on them?
hanrahan@piefed.social · 3 pts · 93d
his defendibg the beverage they serve as coffee is the bigger crime.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 93d
What do you sell?
Where is my noose....
teft@piefed.social · 3 pts · 93d
Meanwhile yesterday i got an amazing 2 dollar latte at my corner shop. These ceo’s are insane.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 93d
The premium experience being that you get a nice looking cup of over sweetened drab. It's shit, it tastes like shite, buy hey, it's an experience that you can post on Instagram or whatever the fuck hipster influencers post their crap these days
Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 93d
Hahahaha
Holy shit. Hahaha
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 93d
Well this IS what CEO's do best; defend indefensible products or services and make them appear the next best thing after sliced bread. It's their job, what do you expect?
Fuck all CEO's
wavebeam@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 93d