Starbucks raises price of latte and cappuccino

[CHIMO]

Starbucks Corp. said it is implementing a price increase on handcrafted beverages such as lattes and cappuccinos at its U.S. and Canadian company-owned stores, effective Oct. 3.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1158875419504&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851

400 Americans worth more than $1bn

Newcomers included Starbucks honcho, Howard Schulz, worth $1.1bn thanks to the company's weekly sales of 40 million coffee drinks.

http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1879000,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1

I guess that there is a sucker born every minute. Or, a slurper born every minute.

[Redstone]

1. Yes, one every minute. Maybe even more frequently.

Redstone

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

2. That's it, I'm drawing a line here...

...I've put up with an illegal war of choice, secret renditions and torture, a plundered U.S. treasury, numerous multi-million dollar no-bid contracts for BushCo crony corporations, completely gutted domestic spending programs, a neutered EPA, a corrupt FDA, stolen national elections, a compliant national corporate media whorehouse of lying BushCo shills...

...and NOW...Now you tell me I must submit to a Starbucks latte and cappuccino price increase?

Mister, you done crossed over the line---I'm takin' to the streets on this one. This WILL NOT STAND!!!!

[OneBlueSky]

3. ask me if I care . . . n/t

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[Mr_Jefferson_24]

4. Do you care?

[OneBlueSky]

14. nope . . . never been to a Starbucks, and don't plan to . . . n/t

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[Dover]

5. All South American Companies need to do is sanction the U.S.

and stop exporting chocolate and coffee to this country. We'd be on our knees. Probably considered an 'act of war' by many. Oil we can live without, but coffee and chocolate? NEVER!!!!

[wiley]

8. It would hurt their peasants and cause masa riots!

They must continue mining!

[Rex]

6. Oooohhhh, handcrafted! Wow, must mean they really suck.

My poo is buttcrafted, each turd different and unique. :eyes:

[HuffleClaw]

7. handcrafted beverages ???

thats almost as funny as 'previously enjoyed'

[Warren DeMontague]

9. So? I drive a Toyota Corolla.

Meaning, with the $$$ I save not driving a massively outsized penis substitute, I can afford ridiculously overpriced coffee, now and again. :)

[TreasonousBastard]

10. Another reason not to go there...

not just because I can't stand their coffee.

[swimmernsecretsea]

11. Is this an experiment to see how much we will eventually pay?

Because I'm opting out, as of now. If I want caffeine, I'll buy a Red Bull. Sheesh.

[Golden Raisin]

12. Its Bill Clinton's fault.

[swimmernsecretsea]

13. Clinton had eight years to do something about it.

Now it falls on the Bush Administration to clean up the mess. I know if they invade Australia, they can solve this.
:sarcasm: