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 [Postcards] Starbucks’ Schultz needs to get real - Postcards: unwillingness to reduce prices to encourage another layer of market share and poor quality baked goods are destimulants to starbucks “experience”. Add to the fact book that the chain supplies lattes which are laden with fattening ingredients that boost the caloric count to more than that of a vanilla milkshake, a three scooper at that, and you can see why the trends are killing the brand.

[Brandweek - EDITORS PICK] Wake Up Call: It must also fend off emboldened rivals in a decimated economy that would seem to favor cheaper coffee alternatives. But the principal task facing the company is how to regain the brand's old magic. Starbucks began as a cool, hip, ...

[Blogrunner] Why Obama Looks Like a One Termer - Blogrunner: Latte liberals might be expected to stop by Starbucks on election day, but more people than usual visited. Starbucks offered free coffee on election day, and probably made a profit on the deal.

 [Truthout - All Articles] t r u t h o u t | Starbucks Blues: Starbucks whoah-is-me, it's-the-economy-stupid smokescreen act belies the point that competitors, such as Peet's Coffee & Tea (who taught everything Starbucks needed to know when they started), are posting record profit and/or profit gains over consecutive quarters while Starbucks' finances are fins-up in the tank.

 [theBubbler] Vote Nov. 4th, Get A Free Starbuck's Coffee - theBubbler: On November 4, 2008, Starbucks will give voters a free tall brewed coffee at participating U.S. stores. This initiative kicks off with a 60-second ad during the final pre-election edition of Saturday Night Live on NBC this Saturday.

[Starbucks Gossip] Starbucks Gossip: Dunkin' Donuts claims research shows its coffee ...: (The economy...more people making coffee at home...desperately wanting more sales...) I will admit that Starbucks has been trying new things lately, possibly (and probably) also because of the economy (I'm thinking of the $2 grande beverages after 2 o'clock, healthy breakfast items, etc.). But you don't see them busting out a massive ad campaign self-righteously proclaiming that "friends don't let friends drink Dunkin!" In my opinion, this whole thing is much like how it would be if Starbucks started saying "friends don't let friends eat Dunkin Donuts" because their donuts are so much better yet they don't even specialize in them.

 [Comments for Commentary] Commentary » Blog Archive » Obama Derangement Syndrome: Why should the Left have a monopoly on deranged nutcases? Not all nutcases get their coffee at Starbucks, some get their’s at Dunkin Donuts.

 [Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning] Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and How it Helped with My Personal Finance ...: Another fun event for me was newspaper hunting!  Since we had all the newspapers separated into its own box, we could easily find and reuse them for our own purposes.  When I was young, we routinely pan-fried chicken wings (what am I talking about, we still do this and I’m not so young anymore).  We would put newspapers all around the stove area so the oil would splash onto the newspaper and not the counters.  It was fun because I could find advertisements that I hated and position it for the chance that oil would splash onto it (stupid, I know).  While this was fun, it also helped me become more creative.  Nowadays, I would routinely think of all sorts of ways to reuse different things that we own.

[Jay Hancock's blog] Jay Hancock's blog: Uncaffeinated - Economic navigation and ...: Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer.

 [Comments for Dvorak Uncensored] » National Holiday proposed for President-Elect Obama”¦.seriously ...: Starbucks is down 97%. Maybe people will open little coffee shops again and you’ll be able to get a cup of coffee for 75 cents again.

 [Portfolio.com: All Articles Feed] It's the Economy, Stupid. Yes, We Know. - News Blog - Daily Brief ...: First Takeaway: The first estimate of how the economy did from July through September wasn't a surprise, and it was actually better than some head feared, but it still marked a very important turning point, making it the major story in the financial press today.

 [CNN Political Ticker] CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...: Even if those cars are built, people have no money to buy and the banks are not approving loans. Toyota has fuel efficency cars and they are decreasing production and possible closing their plant.

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