Featured Clover Starbucks: Boston Commons, Boston, Massachusetts
On March 28, 2012, I had a chance to visit the Starbucks at the corner of Charles and Beacon Streets, located in Boston, Massachusetts. This store holds the distinction of…
Starbucks collectibles: Reader submitted favorites – mugs, books, and a beautiful copper French press.
In response to my previous article about Starbucks museum collectibles, a regular reader of this blog emailed with four pictures of his favorite items from his collection. These are great! …
Vote.Give.Grow at Starbucks (Open Thread)
During the month of April, Starbucks is inviting customers to vote for non-profit organizations who potentially may receive monetary donations from the Starbucks Foundation. Starbucks is giving away a total…
Featured Clover Starbucks: 112 Trapelo Road, Belmont, Massachusetts
Late in the day, on March 27, 2012, I stopped by the Starbucks at 112 Trapelo Road, in Belmont, Massachusetts. This store has a Clover coffee brewer. The store was…
A Starbucks sweepstakes: Enter to win a trip to Seattle!
I thought I’d pass along the fun link to a Starbucks-sponsored sweepstakes. You can enter in to win a trip to Seattle. Without any further hesitation, here is the link:…
The 2012 Starbucks Chalkboard Art Contest: Entries and Winners
On February 19, 2012, I announced the second StarbucksMelody.com contest to find barista-created art on chalkboards on display inside Starbucks stores. It has taken me a while to go through…
Featured Clover Starbucks: 60 Bedford Street in Lexington, Massachusetts
As regular readers of this blog know, I’m on a journey to write about as many Clover Starbucks locations as possible. Next stop: Lexington, Massachusetts. I visited this store on…
Shining a spotlight on the Evolution Fresh loyalty card: You can use it at Starbucks too!
Previously, I wrote about the new concept store by Starbucks called “Evolution Fresh.” In my last article, I neglected to talk about the card that is available at Evolution Fresh,…
Musings of a Starbucks museum and other ramblings
Hello all! Recently, my friend Rose and I were joking around that between the two of us, we could fill a museum full of Starbucks artifacts. It’s probably only a…
Starbucks experiments with freshly baked in-store cookies and pastries.
There’s something new baking at Starbucks: Palmiers, croissants, petite scones, and chocolate chip cookies! Starbucks is experimenting with having partners making baked goods in the stores! It’s a very small…
Tazo Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade at Starbucks: Melody loves it.
Starbucks is testing a new beverage. It is an “Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade” and it is available in selected Starbucks stores in Austin, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; and San Diego,…
The 2012 Starbucks Shareholders’ Meeting Roundup: Refreshers to launch in July.
As is tradition, I am writing a roundup from the annual Starbucks Shareholders’ Meeting held today, March 21, 2012. Before I talk about the presentation by the Starbucks executive team,…
