I wonder if this has anything to do with the price increase.
Starbucks CEO: If You are Anti-Gay Marriage, ‘You can Sell Your Shares”
Tom Stobhar, founder of Corporate Morality Action Center, complained about the company’s support of gay marriage, citing that the company’s support for gay marriage has resulted in boycotts against the company that have cost Starbucks a considerable amount of business.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3274042/posts
Starbucks joins the race debate as clashes in Ferguson and elsewhere escalate tension.
Starbucks’ campaign aimed at encouraging people to talk about race relations in the U.S. is the latest example of a big company trying to tie its brands to big social issues. But the move, which has sparked backlash on social media, also illustrates how those efforts can fall flat if customers don’t see a clear correlation between the cause and the company’s products.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3269324/posts
I was watching a youtube video on fractal math. The commenter pointed out that it could be used to fight global warming. It was really good up to that point. They just had to throw in a gratuitous social cause. “click” Off.
Personally, you have no idea how little I care. (I stole that line from a western movie, “Monty Walsh” Tom Selick.
Bottom line, I have no intention of frequenting Starbucks for their already overprice liberal “Hippey Juice”.
Whatever happened with race discussions? Are we still supposed to go in Starbucks and debate Ferguson and Baltimore and Trayvon and all that???
STUCK FARBUCKS