I P Knightley Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Yay for the Aussies. Starbucks has failed in the Australian market. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7540480.stm Who ever said that the Australians were culturally under-developed? Such taste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I don't drink the stuff but apparently Starbucks is the Mickey D's of coffee in Australia as regarded by the coffee drinking populous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibble Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Coffee is to Melburnians what a bevvy is to the Scots. There's tons of great coffee without resorting to falvoured syrups and paying double the normal price. Just wish we could ditch every other septic import. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester™ Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I wish we would follow the same route. Good on the Aussies for standing up to them. Its bland, repetitive rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 I don't drink the stuff but apparently Starbucks is the Mickey D's of coffee in Australia as regarded by the coffee drinking populous! It's the Mickey Ds of coffee globally but people haven't yet realised this & continue to pump money their way in a vain effort to keep up with a trend. (I'm having a very "I'm old and things ain't what they used to be" day today.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester™ Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 It's the Mickey Ds of coffee globally but people haven't yet realised this & continue to pump money their way in a vain effort to keep up with a trend. (I'm having a very "I'm old and things ain't what they used to be" day today.) Its not being old. Its about having taste and seeing through the sham which is Starbucks. Its a pity there are not more people who can see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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