Quote:
Originally Posted by Rick Lee
I like Starbuck's just fine. FWIW, when I lived in VA we had a Wegman's next to our house. Their coffee was the best grocery store coffee I've ever had. But there are none out here. And the two grocery stores I go to here both have Starbuck's inside them.
|
Neato seeing this mention of Wegman's. Its a Rochester based company, my home town. Didnt know they had one in Virginia.
While i typically dispise companies that run local independent shops out of business, I dont feel the same way about Starbucks. Despite there being many around here, the independent coffee-shops that serve a good product and have a good environement, seem to survive just fine....the fact that they now have to share customers with Starbucks is well... too bad. thats life in the modern age and competition is healthy.
Also, I have seen whole blocks transformed from zero foot traffic to practically booming city streets because of Starbucks. I lived in a small Long Island town a few years back and when Starbucks was going to open a store on the Main Street, most of the people got pissed. Well, once they came, everyone seemed to love it, the line would be out the door, and people would get their coffee and walk around the village sidewalks in and out of shops etc....and you could see the immediate impact it had on the ecomony.
Im also grateful to Starbucks for always offering free usage of their restroom while i lived in NYC. One of the very few places you could count on to relieve yourself so you dont have to risk getting a ticket for public urination, or worse
