I guess I'm wondering what this offers Starbucks customers that Starbucks does not or cannot, which will steal marketshare? The advantage to a franchisee is obvious, but not so much for Starbucks customers
Interesting. Then how come there are so many non-corporate Starbucks outlets? The ones that don't get the same new products and don't take their gift cards -- like airports, for example.
All Starbucks out of a few markets are operated by Starbucks. And even the ones that aren't operated by Starbucks are operated by Sodexo, Marriott, or some other big company.
Which is why, I imagine, they'll either stay far, far away from the biggest players (Caribou is several orders of magnitude smaller than Starbucks) and just harass companies too small to take a stand. The system works again!
Starbucks has decent coffee, but I believe many are actually addicted to the sugary additions they put in their drinks.
I also don't think you can be a progressive publicly traded company. The expectations have become so perverse that it probably is a negative to be traded publicly at all.
I'm not aware of any lockdowns which are specifically targeted at small retailers while competing large retailers are allowed to be open. Where I am the small coffee shops are closed for walk-in business, but so are the Starbucks; the difference is that small coffee shops are not able to pivot to a centralized delivery platform en masse the way Starbucks is.
Interesting: "As part of the joint venture, Starbucks will invest $25 million in Square and hold an equity stake. Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman and CEO, will join Square's board of directors."
Strange: "After ordering an item, they waive the phone on a scanner."
I believe it's a licensing arrangement. Those locations often buy and license Starbucks coffee (though often not their baked goods), but are not run by Starbucks. e.g., Barnes and Nobel, Safeway.
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