RedScare Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 What? Only one 1 Walgreens within 5 miles of me?BTW, my SBux total did include both. I believe it was 4500 company owned and 2100 licensed. I added them together for the total I posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 I couldn't resist. http://cvsstore.geoserve.com/scripts/esrim...DLRCvs&Ds=Store I think there are more CVS' near me than Starbucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 What? Only one 1 Walgreens within 5 miles of me?BTW, my SBux total did include both. I believe it was 4500 company owned and 2100 licensed. I added them together for the total I posted. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's a travesty - you should call Walgreens and demand that one be built closer. You can't be expected to drive 5 miles out of your way. Yeah, licensed stores aren't "real Starbucks." Forgive me for sounding egotistical, but most of those Kroger Starbucks can't callibrate their machines to save their lives. Yeech. I don't count them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 So the Starbucks inside other stores aren't the same as the stand alone ones? Barnes and Noble on Holcombe is always packed with people, is that a real one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 So the Starbucks inside other stores aren't the same as the stand alone ones? Barnes and Noble on Holcombe is always packed with people, is that a real one?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes and no. I was talking to someone the other day and a B&N that was connected to a Starbucks (the place in question was a strip mall and the Starbucks was there first? B&N moved in and just opened the wall...? I'm not sure.) I don't remember where/if they said it was. If the signs says "Barnes and Noble Cafe ... Proudly serving Starbucks" it's a B&N Cafe, not a Starbucks. (Licensed, not franchised - there are no franchises for Starbucks.) Kroger, Albertson's, and Randall's are the same thing. The license contracts are pretty strict, however. They're to adhere to the same ideals and quality of product as any other Starbucks, that's why it's similar. They also receive coffee and (sometimes) pastries from our same distributors. But, like some Starbucks stores out there, whose managers are less than ... perfect, they can and, more often than not, go bad. It's really just a question of weight rati... er, ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas911 Posted July 18, 2005 Author Share Posted July 18, 2005 Hmmm, interesting. How about the ones inside Super Target? I noticed that the guys working there aren't so "grunge/earthy" looking as in the stand alone ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirzania Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Hmmm, interesting. How about the ones inside Super Target? I noticed that the guys working there aren't so "grunge/earthy" looking as in the stand alone ones. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Same deal. They're employed by Target (you can tell, they wear Target nametags - we don't.) Same goes for: Safeway Marriott Sheraton Albertsons Anything in an airport Embassy Hilton Grand Central Market Anything in a food court in a mall or college The Great Indoors ACME Anything in a hospital (UK's med center alone has 3 - 6 on campus) Dominicks Meijer Anything in a travel center / oasis / toll plaza / Tamarack Anything in a convention center D&W Foods Marshall Fields Rainbow Foods ShopRite Anything in a casino Giant Eagle Market Genuardis Aramark (The one in the McKinney Tunnel) Kemah Boardwalk Shell (Executive Bldg - Lobby and 3rd floor) Tom Thumb Wyndham By the way, Sbux Haters is hysterical. Quite a few of the comments are about the licensed stores, not company-owned ones. Edit: Hey! I'm not "grungy and earthy." I <3 Halliburton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 18, 2005 Share Posted July 18, 2005 Don't forget the Harris County Criminal Courthouse cafeteria. And you are right. ihatestarbucks.com is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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