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“Fantastic!”
LOULOU B wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Lengthy but very intersting look at Starbucks and their prosperity...lots of great issues brought up...exploitation...American dominance...culturalizaton...
Lori E wrote this review Monday, November 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
For booktalk- Did you know Israel the only country without a Starbucks? Schultz is a target to the Palestinians worried their Starbucks stores might draw their ire...
In its fledgling days Schultz opened a store right across the street from his most profitable store and found both did better - literally 15 feet away from each other...
p. 7- Boston Harbor- bottom of page
p. 83 - Frappucino - lousy tshirt ”“great read!very interesting book about starbucks and the history of coffee”
Herman S wrote this review Monday, September 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Interesting facts but overall super boring.”
Sorel G wrote this review Thursday, August 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“really interesting and well written”
Eileen P wrote this review Sunday, June 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I expected to find a one-sided narrative for or against Starbucks, but the book is actually split into halves: the Good in the company, and the Bad in the company.
Hidingangel82 wrote this review Tuesday, September 2 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I learned so much from this book... WHY it is that instant coffee tastes bad (they use low-low end beans with no flavor and add artificial coffee flavor back in. Ew.) Also, there are only 7 formats for Starbucks' store setups for ALL stores... themed with colors, types of furniture, etc etc).
Needless to say, I am a biased reader because I love The Bucks, but while I was happy to learn more about the company, it was a great educational read.
If you Love Starbucks, or Hate Starbucks, this is truly a book to check out. ”
“My daughter works at Starbucks, so of course I had to read this book. This is one of quite a few recent books about the coffee vendor to the world. I found it informative and readable.”
Ellen M wrote this review Saturday, August 23 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a fascinating book. This book is "about Starbucks", but its MOSTLY about our culture and the history of the success of Starbucks and what it is about our society and our current social conditions that have come together at just the perfect time to allow so many of us to be captivated by this coffee shop chain. It's not just coffee they are selling - they are selling us something that answers a deep emotional need. Like I said, it's very interesting. It's non-fiction, which I don't usually read, and I can't put it down.”
nanci wrote this review Sunday, August 3 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
