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Kristof 
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 Topic: Starbucks in BelgiumPosted: August-19-2008 at 4:21pm |
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Well it's a fact... The first Starbucks opened in Belgium at Brussels Airport...
Plans are to open more of them in Antwerp and Gent. But as I hear it's not going too well for Starbucks in the States? Some 650 plants are shutting down and 12.000 employees layed off?? |
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79nautique
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Posted: August-19-2008 at 4:26pm |
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I wouldn't call star bucks stores " plants " more like a drive thru donut shop in a strip mall
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boat dr
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Posted: August-19-2008 at 4:31pm |
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Five bucks for a cup of Joe,not this white boy.........
Let me ask this question???????? Do I fill the tank or Visit StarBucks????? Mickey Dees has a good cup for 1.00 DUHHHHHH Economics drive the market, how many cups do I have to sell to turn the same profit????????? Little girl has a lemonaide stand,Sign says.... Lemonaid $50.oo a cup Grown up insists "you will never make it in the retail market" Little Girl replies" All I gotta sell is ONE CUP" Boat dr |
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Kristof
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Posted: August-20-2008 at 10:05am |
Sorry, my mistake, couldn't find the right translation for the dutch word "filiaal"... (the online translator says "branch") |
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azeus17
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Posted: August-20-2008 at 11:07am |
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I don't think Starbucks is hurting too bad. I think they realized that they over saturated the market and decided to close some under performing stores. There are over 11,000 stores in the US, so 600 is only about 5%. I also think the under performance has a lot to do with what Doc said about McDonalds.
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Morfoot
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Posted: August-20-2008 at 11:12am |
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Yep! One of my biggest complaints that I have working in the commercial aviation industry....
What!!! Your going to charge me an extra $25.00 for a fuel charge to fly me from Atlanta to Los Angles How dare you!!!!...... This while theys sip on a 12oz frappa cuouppa laate mocha vannila whatcha-macalla-it 5$ cup of Starbucks .....with chocolate sprinkles!!!!! |
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eric lavine
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Posted: August-20-2008 at 12:01pm |
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I finished up a airline pilots water test yesterday and i had the hatch raised and he asked me does it have spark plugs?
i thought to myself, this guy fly's planes with people on board? |
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jbear
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Posted: August-21-2008 at 12:57am |
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Well foot..ya gotta pay for those chocolate sprinles somehow!
Hi to Kim for us too. john |
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