• protist@retrofed.com
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    6 months ago

    Has this man even been inside a Starbucks recently? They used to be loungy places people could chill, now they’re all bland, sparsely decorated, dirty, and uninviting. There is absolutely nothing premium about Starbucks, it’s basically a fast-food chain. Once again demonstrating how far removed CEOs are from reality

    • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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      6 months ago

      Fast food is expensive too. And it’s hurting their sales, and they can’t figure out that they need to slice profits, not the product.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Burger King is just inedible now. And by that I mean twice now I’ve eaten there, and then within an hour my stomach upset. Then followed by 12 hours of what can only be described as “VIOLENT DIARRHEA”. Yes, all caps, because thats the urgancy that situation called for.

        Two different locations too. Plus the first time I went with a friend, and she got it too. The first time I chalked it off to being that particular location. Then, nearly 8 months later, different location, different city. Same result.

        After that, Burger King is officially just as banned from my diet as taco bell is. Inedible.

    • notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zip
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      6 months ago

      Came here to say this. What ‘premium’ experience is he talking about?

      Something tells me that the only Starbucks he actually has used recently is likely a very high-end version for the C titles in HQ, meters away from his office and for employee use only.

      • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        6 months ago

        They’re calling it an experience becuase consumers are indicating they are willing to pay for experiences while pulling back spending on daily expenses.

        Consumers mean concerts and vacations and this douche knows he isn’t actually offering an experience so he does the mind trick where he says the term over and over to associate in the consumers mind the idea that drive thru coffee is an experience.

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          6 months ago

          Absolutely. It was a clear attempt at adding ‘perceived value’ by using the word ‘experience’ so many times. He knows what type of consumer he’s speaking to.

          These interviews are really just PR opportunities for guys like this (in their perception).

    • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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      6 months ago

      When I want to lounge at a café, I’m expecting a warm, inviting interior, some plants, bookish decor, smooth jazz, hip staff, and a coffee that could only be produced by coffee geeks with attention to detail at every step of the process…

      You walk into a starbucks today, everything is cold and industrial, they’ve got pop music blaring on the radio, and the staff all look miserable. Oh, and the coffee sucks.