Comments on: A People’s choice award for the Starbucks Challenge! http://greenlagirl.com/2006/05/01/a-peoples-choice-award-for-the-starbucks-challenge/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:06:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Siel http://greenlagirl.com/2006/05/01/a-peoples-choice-award-for-the-starbucks-challenge/#comment-3934 Siel Sat, 06 May 2006 20:17:35 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/05/01/a-peoples-choice-award-for-the-starbucks-challenge/#comment-3934 angel's actually an indie coffee shop owner in the LA area, which might explain the petulant tone... In any case -- The most frequent comments/questions we get about the Starbucks challenge are 1) Why're you giving Starbucks business, and 2) Why're you attacking Starbucks' business? We've tried to address both of these in the <a href="http://greenlagirl.com/2005/10/05/starbucks-challenge-faq/" rel="nofollow">FAQ</a>. angel’s actually an indie coffee shop owner in the LA area, which might explain the petulant tone…

In any case — The most frequent comments/questions we get about the Starbucks challenge are 1) Why’re you giving Starbucks business, and 2) Why’re you attacking Starbucks’ business? We’ve tried to address both of these in the FAQ.

]]> By: Claire http://greenlagirl.com/2006/05/01/a-peoples-choice-award-for-the-starbucks-challenge/#comment-3813 Claire Wed, 03 May 2006 21:51:23 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/05/01/a-peoples-choice-award-for-the-starbucks-challenge/#comment-3813 Angel- Whether starbucks coffee is prepared well is a matter of personal opinion. If you think the coffee isn't prepared well you probably just don't like dark European style coffee. Just because many Starbucks drinks contain steamed milk doesn't mean they don't sell "Regular" coffee. Seil isn't sending business their way if the stores fail the challenges. Most challengers either buy nothing if they can't get fair trade or they buy something and don't go back. Also the few hundred at the most people that will be sent to Starbucks one time because of this challenge really won't make a difference in their bottom line. What will make the difference is the publicity and knowledge being generated by the challenge. Angel-
Whether starbucks coffee is prepared well is a matter of personal opinion.

If you think the coffee isn’t prepared well you probably just don’t like dark European style coffee.

Just because many Starbucks drinks contain steamed milk doesn’t mean they don’t sell “Regular” coffee.

Seil isn’t sending business their way if the stores fail the challenges. Most challengers either buy nothing if they can’t get fair trade or they buy something and don’t go back.

Also the few hundred at the most people that will be sent to Starbucks one time because of this challenge really won’t make a difference in their bottom line.

What will make the difference is the publicity and knowledge being generated by the challenge.

]]> By: angel http://greenlagirl.com/2006/05/01/a-peoples-choice-award-for-the-starbucks-challenge/#comment-3766 angel Tue, 02 May 2006 19:58:11 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2006/05/01/a-peoples-choice-award-for-the-starbucks-challenge/#comment-3766 regardless of whether starbucks fulfills your challenge or not, they are benefitting from all the business you are directing their way. is that the goal? and fair trade or not, their coffee is not prepared well at all. let's not forget that starbucks is in the milk business not the coffee business. regardless of whether starbucks fulfills your challenge or not, they are benefitting from all the business you are directing their way. is that the goal? and fair trade or not, their coffee is not prepared well at all. let’s not forget that starbucks is in the milk business not the coffee business.

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