Starbucks to raise prices — Page 3

Thanks Sueleen. It's like saying why pay for a sandwich? I'll just order some sliced turkey and then build my own with the "Free" bread on the table.

The Coffee is the cheap part- the cup, the ice, and especially the milk are all more expensive than that shoto of espresso. All those things have to be paid for.

I managed a Borders (With coffee bar) in the worst place on earth and was dumbfounded by the lengths people went to to leverage the system. We eventually had to take away the "Sample"" pot because people would whip out their 24 oz. travel mug and fill it up with "free" coffee. Moms would open the Skim Milk pitcher and empty it into their kid's sippy cup. And of course, the folks who can drop $200 on redecorating books can't possible afford their own artificial sweetener- it took precisely 3 days to realize that the Equal had to live behind the counter or we would go through a case of 5000 packets in a day or two. I did enjoy the customers who wouldn't even buy a drink but still come up and ask for "15 Sweet-n-lows, please!"

why would anyone spend $200 on redecorating books when you can check the same books out of the library and photocopy 'em from cover to cover for free at the office?

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good help is so hard to find. i told her to wear a wig that second time she did it.

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Thirty grand a year is considered rich?

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Prices at Starbucks round here (south England) have gone up twice recently by 5p each time (10¢). It wasn't an issue apart from the first raise took my double tall latte over £2 ($4), and i only had £2 on me. Does seem odd on the days that I spend more on my coffee than my lunch.

Silly boy, everybody knows that whipped cream has fewer calories if you use artificial sweeteners.

I do like their Eggs Florentine sandwich.

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"why would anyone spend $200 on redecorating books when you can check the same books out of the library and photocopy 'em from cover to cover for free at the office?"

LOL!

*goes back to robbing Parmalat*

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Jane - the delis and carts are definitely cheaper, but i really don't like the taste of the coffee (and I've tried many).

Dunkin' Donuts is disgusting, as is Au Bon Pain.

I love Oren's, but there isn't one near me.

Bouchon Bakery's coffee is sooooo good, but that place is super-pricey for an everyday fix.

Yeah, I'm nit-picky.

I'm actually buying an espresso machine so I can make my own Illy Espresso. (I'm going to take my homemade espresso into Starbucks and still use their milk, so there!) Kidding.

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Cheno-don't get me wrong. I must have good coffee. I'm very picky about what I keep in my own apt for my morning mug. But somehow, with iced coffee, between the ice and the amount of milk, they don't taste that much different to me.

I plan to try Starbucks again, maybe tonight on the way to work!

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Speaking of the tip jar, what is up with that? Don't you get paid by the hour to make coffee? Isn't that your JOB? Why should we feel pressured into tipping you just because your boss is too cheap to pay you more?

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Well, that is a delightful way of looking at things, I must say. No, the tip jar is not obligatory. However it is a wonderful way for the majority of the poor college kids who work at Starbucks to be able to pay their gas money every week. At least in my store there is zero pressure to use the tip jar and we always remember to thank anyone who is kind enough to leave a little something. Even something as small as putting in the 13 cents change you get back has a tremendous power to brighten up a person's day. It's when people order 12 different drinks in the drive-thru and then change their mind half way through the order and THEN request 12 ice waters that a tip is more or less thought of as necessary.

Do you use the same logic to keep from tipping in restaurants? If so, I hope your waiters don't catch on any time soon or else you'll be very disappointed by your quality of service.

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Ah, Trekkie...so my "." wasn't there.

Besides, that's only the 9 cents a day. Now add that to your regular starbucks order.

You'd be pretty surprised how much you actually spend in a year if you drink starbucks each day (or often).

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