The Tweet Up Event At the Starbucks Headquarters on April 28, 2010
Last Friday, the Starbucks Twitter profile tweeted about a tweet-up, at the SSC, with limited space available. This was the tweet: “We’re hosting a tweetup next week in Seattle! Free…
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…
Die Starbucks Reise um der Welt fährt weiter: Nächste Haltepunkt – Deutschland
Liebe Leser jetzt kommen wir nach Deutschland, wo wir verschiedene KaffeeKarten anschauen können. Sebastian, ein großer Starbucks fan in Deutschland, hat mir diese Karten geschickt. Bevor ich weiter schreibe, muss…
The new However-You-Want-It-Frappuccino is here [@Frappuccino]
The new However-You-Want-It-Frappuccino launches in downtown Seattle on April 19th! It’s the total reinvention of the Starbucks Frappuccino. Suddenly you can now order anything from a soy milk Frappuccino to…
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…
[Open Thread] 2009 Shared Planet: Update on reusable tumblers at Starbucks
Today (4-14-2010) I realized that the 2009 re-usable cup/tumblers data are available from Starbucks now. This topic is important enough to be its own blog post, even if just a…
Starbucks Via Ready Brew launches in Japan on April 14, 2010 and letter from Howard Schultz
The high quality coffee in an instant, Starbucks Via Ready Brew, launches in Japan Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Japanese customers finally get to try and experience this amazingly easy and…
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…
Commentary: Understanding My Starbucks Rewards – The 4 most common pitfalls
We live in a time of confusing Starbucks rewards. It won’t always be this way, but for right now, it is. Today (3-13) as I stood in line at Starbucks…
The Starbucks building at 505 1st Avenue South
Starbucks Coffee Company owns a property on First Avenue South in Seattle, near Safeco Field and Qwest Field. It’s a little over one acre-sized property, and on it, they built…