Comments on: On Starbucks Remodeling Good Stores Into Sterile Coffee Shops. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/05/20/why-do-stores-remodel-for-no-good-reason-wasting-materials-and-resources/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: david http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/05/20/why-do-stores-remodel-for-no-good-reason-wasting-materials-and-resources/#comment-15533 david Thu, 22 May 2008 01:10:12 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1649#comment-15533 Great story Ashley, and for it to happen in a big city like Raleigh is amazing! I can only hope that type of thing happens more often! Great story Ashley, and for it to happen in a big city like Raleigh is amazing! I can only hope that type of thing happens more often!

]]> By: Ashley Sue of Green Grounded http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/05/20/why-do-stores-remodel-for-no-good-reason-wasting-materials-and-resources/#comment-15532 Ashley Sue of Green Grounded Thu, 22 May 2008 00:55:58 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1649#comment-15532 And as much as we don't like Starbucks, know that unfortunately, we all get stuck going to one at the mercy of those who live by them... C'est la vie, we do what we can! And as much as we don’t like Starbucks, know that unfortunately, we all get stuck going to one at the mercy of those who live by them… C’est la vie, we do what we can!

]]> By: Ashley Sue of Green Grounded http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/05/20/why-do-stores-remodel-for-no-good-reason-wasting-materials-and-resources/#comment-15531 Ashley Sue of Green Grounded Thu, 22 May 2008 00:53:45 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1649#comment-15531 You know, a couple days ago I wrote a post on how when faced with having a work meeting at a local Starbucks, I asked them for a mug of their organic, fair-trade brew and they looked confused and responded "we didn't brew those today, but we can make you a special pot" which I demanded... It's the least they can do since they kill personality of the local community, right? Raleigh has the best Starbucks story ever, though, as (despite the fact we do have about 10 Starbucks in Raleigh) across from the main college in Raleigh, NC State U, there is a great coffee house called Global Village (Caribou Coffee had been there years before but eventually closed). Then Starbucks moved in. Next door to Global Village. Everyone feared that would put Mike Richey's business, GV, out of business. But as patrons tried both, EVERYONE preferred the local Global Village... where you always knew your baristas because they weren't a revolving door of employees... where the owner, Mike, learned your name and what your favorite drink was... where the owner would offer a total stranger his own umbrella on an ultra-stormy day because he knew she had to walk around campus all day and would be miserable soaked in class. After a couple years, Starbucks couldn't get any customers while Global Village was so busy next door that a line stretched out the door and outside for a yummy coffee and sandwich to take on the road since the tables were taken. And Starbucks on Hillsborough street closed. And someone spray painted on the front of the abandoned Starbucks "Starbucks, you got served!", which ran on the front page of the campus paper the day after Starbucks emptied. Raleigh is really commercial, but we can celebrate the one success of the only Starbucks in the nation that got shut down by their locally-owned competitor! Thanks for taking the time to let me share my Starbucks experience too! You know, a couple days ago I wrote a post on how when faced with having a work meeting at a local Starbucks, I asked them for a mug of their organic, fair-trade brew and they looked confused and responded “we didn’t brew those today, but we can make you a special pot” which I demanded… It’s the least they can do since they kill personality of the local community, right?

Raleigh has the best Starbucks story ever, though, as (despite the fact we do have about 10 Starbucks in Raleigh) across from the main college in Raleigh, NC State U, there is a great coffee house called Global Village (Caribou Coffee had been there years before but eventually closed). Then Starbucks moved in. Next door to Global Village.

Everyone feared that would put Mike Richey’s business, GV, out of business. But as patrons tried both, EVERYONE preferred the local Global Village… where you always knew your baristas because they weren’t a revolving door of employees… where the owner, Mike, learned your name and what your favorite drink was… where the owner would offer a total stranger his own umbrella on an ultra-stormy day because he knew she had to walk around campus all day and would be miserable soaked in class.

After a couple years, Starbucks couldn’t get any customers while Global Village was so busy next door that a line stretched out the door and outside for a yummy coffee and sandwich to take on the road since the tables were taken.

And Starbucks on Hillsborough street closed. And someone spray painted on the front of the abandoned Starbucks “Starbucks, you got served!”, which ran on the front page of the campus paper the day after Starbucks emptied.

Raleigh is really commercial, but we can celebrate the one success of the only Starbucks in the nation that got shut down by their locally-owned competitor!

Thanks for taking the time to let me share my Starbucks experience too!

]]> By: Michele http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2008/05/20/why-do-stores-remodel-for-no-good-reason-wasting-materials-and-resources/#comment-15521 Michele Wed, 21 May 2008 00:08:32 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=1649#comment-15521 Starbucks coffee is gross anyway - independent shops are much better. Sorry they killed your coffee shop!!!! Starbucks coffee is gross anyway – independent shops are much better. Sorry they killed your coffee shop!!!!

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