Comments on: Habits

By: Training Time

Training Time — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:06:30 +0000

Thanks for your submission! It was fun putting the carnival together, but I would make one change – I need cotton candy, the real stuff, before I tackle it again.

By: Wally Bock

Wally Bock — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:48:45 +0000

Starbuck’s problem isn’t pricing or even old habits. It’s that the company doesn’t know what it wants to be. So it keeps trying one thing after another hoping that something will work and solve all their problems. The odds are against it.

By: ReviewSNAP

ReviewSNAP — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:56:30 +0000

As if Starbucks wasn’t already expensive enough. I understand that they need to gain profits, but it seems a bit counterproductive upping the prices in a bit of a colder economic climate (even though it does seem to be warming up). Now that McDonalds has joined the market at a lower price Starbucks may be able to take an even larger chunk of the market share by offering more competitive prices raising their profits.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:53:14 +0000

I’m not that big a coffee drinker anyway, and I’m not much of a starbucks fan when I do drink it. What boggles my mind is how much media covereage this price increase got on our local news. The DC NBC affiliate had it on for two days on various newscasts. Two days?? How does a 10 cent increase in a cup of coffee warrant that kind of press? McDonalds and other fast food chains tweak their prices all the time and it doesn’t make the news.