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Al_Sharpton_for_President says

Starbucks Closed Over 450 Stores This Week—Is Your Favorite Location on the List?

How many did they open though? They just opened one in a town near me. There's one in the grocery store in the same complex. I was never heavy into commercial real estate, but this seems completely retarded. I literally could hit my driver and the ball hit the front of the grocery store.

I think coffee is a dying model anyway. There are so many other drinks out there. I can roll up to a gas station and be in and out in 2 minutes instead of a 10-15 minute line for a cup of coffee with stupid names for sizes for average coffee. I'm a water and beer guy. Technically I drink shitty light beer that is basically water anyway. My pee is like a Montana stream, clear as can be.

WookieMan says

I could make my own coffee for 0.10¢ a cup

Costs me about 25 cents (includes water, Stevia, half and half creamer, electricity and cost for Moka pot) to make 3 cups of Bustello expresso , same would cost at least $5.50 at Starbucks (with $1 tip)

Yeah, I love me Pilon, Bustello, etc.

Coffee is outrageous now. Dunkies wants over $3 for a medium coffee (at least they put in the cream and sugar, unlike Lazybucks).

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WookieMan says
I could make my own coffee for 0.10¢ a cup

Costs me about 25 cents (includes water, Stevia, half and half creamer, electricity and cost for Moka pot) to make 3 cups of Bustello expresso , same would cost at least $5.50 at Starbucks (with $1 tip)

I was straight black coffee. That's where my number comes from. I only drank it for the caffeine. I drink shitty beer, so black coffee is a breeze. Though I no longer drink coffee unless out with buddies and go to breakfast the next morning. Usually that's vacation though. I get too jittery with coffee, but it does wake me up.

I just don't understand the coffee game. Definitely cannot justify $3-6+ dollars for a cup. I'd rather get a 6 pack of tall boys and get an evening buzz before bed. Beer is cheap in IL surprisingly.

STARBUCKS' 2025 HOLIDAY MERCH HAS A BEAR CUP WITH TRAVIS KELCE VIBES

https://www.elitedaily.com/lifestyle/starbucks-2025-holiday-merch-collection

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/just-ribbing-wednesday-january-28

This might understate things, but Starbucks didn’t handle the pandemic well. It deleted its condiment bars, allegedly for safety, forcing us to ask busy baristas for cream. After the George Floyd catastrophe, Starbucks invited its workers to have “thoughtful conversations about race” with customers. It didn’t go well. Now, unsurprisingly, many workers just seem sullen and mad all the time. Then, as if all that weren’t bad enough, Starbucks invited stinky homeless people to camp in their stores, where, for some reason, they spend most of their time hogging the restrooms.

The Childers family —heavy coffee consumers— swore off Starbucks after all the pandemic changes. We now prefer local coffeeshops.

Starbucks needs to issue a LOUD and PUBLIC apology for its race-baiting, or it's no go for me, ever.