Too Little!
Too Late!!
Posted on 04/25/2017 7:42:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
At the Starbucks on Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville, Tenn. -- two miles from the U.S. military base -- store manager Shannon Feltz pours hot coffee for a group of veterans seated at a communal table.
On a shelf next to the register are rows of green-and-white mugs reading: "Proudly serving those who serve."
On Tuesday, the Clarksville store became one of 37 around the country designated by the coffeehouse chain as "Military Family Stores" -- stores staffed primarily by veterans and military spouses as part of a larger effort to employ service members and their families nationwide.
"Seventy-five percent of my business is the military," said 47-year-old Feltz, a 14-year military spouse whose husband is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army.
"We are so excited about this announcement," Feltz told Fox News.
Of the corporate Seattle-based coffee giant, Feltz said, "I've never felt so supported by a company in my life."
Starbucks on Tuesday unveiled four other new Military Family Stores: Two in Texas, serving Camp Mabry in Austin and Ft. Bliss in El Paso; one in Newport, Rhode Island, near Naval War College; and another in Bedford, Mass., a few miles from Joint Base Hanscom.
The stores -- now at 37 -- are part of a broader initiative by Starbucks to provide thousands of jobs to veterans and military spouses, while also serving as communal hubs where current and former service members can connect, share stories and become part of a larger support network.
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FAR too late.
Will they work along side the thousands of refugees Starbucks has also promised to employ?
I guess 10,000 illiterate Syrian refugees aren't the best employees or customers.
Wonder if the backlash from Starbucks offering to hire 10,000 immigrants had anything to do with this “new” direction????
Whatever happened to Green Beans.
exactly, or the mom and pop coffee shop down the street - who needs Starbucks after the crap they’ve pulled? They can’t walk back being liberal jerks for years.
Too late!!.. you unveiled your true veteran feelings and your anti-American heart to the world! Loser!! I hope Starbucks tanks!!
To late loser.
Better late than never. BTW I live only 1.9 miles from the store, but I won’t go there. I refuse to drink coffee that is served in paper cups, no matter how fancy the coffee is. I live about 2 1/2 miles from Fort Campbell on the TN side. It’s a little farther if I drive through the main gate
There are no refugees here in Clarksville and if you think they let them come near a military base you better think again.
Thank you for pointing out the alternative. Oh, and the RangerUp/DamnFew videos are funny as can be, to boot.
As the saying goes, “A day late and a dollar short.”
Green Beans as in Jolly Green Giant?
Too late.
You can’t go there if there is none in your area.
How about shut up and make coffee?
No, hiring 10,000 fanatical Muslims to work in your coffee shops means that customers can get a side of terror with their unicorn frappicino.
Pass.
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