tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post3685133802214022459..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Stealth Starbucks Follow-UpGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-2037120689491559782010-01-22T07:35:10.852-05:002010-01-22T07:35:10.852-05:00Maybe that's what happens when a company gets ...Maybe that's what happens when a company gets to big for real quality control?<br /><br />I buy coffee in bulk from Walmart but wish Starbucks well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-33673224894397030612010-01-21T21:29:07.209-05:002010-01-21T21:29:07.209-05:00I don't think it is simply size and popularity...I don't think it is simply size and popularity. Starbucks was huge and still hip. It was when they started declining against their own standards - the baristas didn't really know much about coffee, they introduced too many sweet drinks, too many stores were driven by the drive-through window, too few made any real effort to be third places, the stores were too cluttered with non-coffee merchandise - that people began to get disenchanted.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-29315362198314509552010-01-21T19:26:26.344-05:002010-01-21T19:26:26.344-05:00The irony is that people begin to hate companies a...The irony is that people begin to hate companies and people as soon as they become too popular/large. Starbucks is no exception. Seems like Roy realizes that fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com