September 22, 2009 at 7:00 am by Sarah Irani
9 Reasons to Stay Out of Starbucks
Starbucks: people either love ‘em or loathe ‘em. My husband likes their coffee and admires their business brains. I, on the other hand, can’t stand them for their homogenized, yuppie style. Having grown up in grunge-era Seattle, once a land of artsy coffee shops crammed with kitschy sofas and local color, cookie-cutter Starbucks look to me like a department store: void of soul and chock-full of useless merchandise.
But how bad is Starbucks, really? I decided to find out.
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