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Starbucks is reeling as customers go elsewhere, sales decline (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The company’s same-store sales fell 3% in the quarter, fueled by a 5% decline in transactions.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I've been to a Starbucks exactly once. One cup of liquid cost me as much as my lunch, it was a thin, vaguely coffee-smelling brown mass that tried really hard to mask the overextracted flavor with sugar, but all it could do was convince me to never set foot in that monument to capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Exactly my experience. The coffee shop literally next door has 500x better taste and quality for 1/8 of the price. Choice is simple.