Starbucks barista chalkboard art in North Carolina
Recently a store partner in North Carolina emailed me because of my previous blog post on Starbucks chalkboard art. This partner creates and draws all of the chalkboard art on…
Deconstructing the Starbucks Experience into three pieces
Many books have been written about the “Starbucks experience,” some criticizing it as lacking authenticity, and others heralding it as a gold standard. This blog post is Melody’s take on…
Book review: The Starbucks Experience by @JosephMichelli
Published in 2007, The Starbucks Experience by Joseph Michelli is the essential guide describing what the Starbucks Experience really is and can be, at its best. It should be required…
Free brewed coffee at Starbucks on April 15th (Coming to your local Starbucks this Thursday)!
This year April 15, 2010 is not just tax day. It’s “free brewed coffee day” at Starbucks. But there is a catch to this: The customer has to be “green.” …
Starbucks in the Philippines: The experience around the globe and chalk art adventures continue
I received an email recently from a loyal Starbucks customer in the Philippines who is also regularly reading this blog. The customer particularly enjoyed my previous blog entry on the…
Starbucks Experiments with Digital Menuboards
I just stumbled upon a store with digital menu boards at a Starbucks. What an eye-grabber! It is 3 LCD panels, with one panel fixed with hot beverage menu. The…
Original Starbucks barista art is hard to find: Disappointment and criticism
Barista art in Starbucks is dying. It’s fading away. It’s almost none existent. It has been replaced with quick, easy, down and dirty stencil art. This is very disappointing to…
Commentary: Starbucks Brew On Demand – The experience in the stores.
The difference between a request and a demand is the ability to hear ‘no’ for an answer. This blog entry is my commentary about the experience created by Starbucks‘ “brew…
Clover coffee episode #3: Your guide to downtown Seattle Clover stores
And now for your guide to visiting Clover Starbucks stores in downtown Seattle: Starbucks has been adding new Clover coffee brewers to a variety of downtown Seattle Starbucks stores….
Streetlevel 101: There are two mercantile non-branded Starbucks.
There are two mercantile non-branded Starbucks. Not three. Not four. TWO. Why am I writing this? I recently was reading a blog entry posted by Jon Cook to a Reuters…
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