Goodbye Dorothy Kim, Starbucks EVP Global Strategy
Dorothy Kim, a Starbucks partner since 1995, leaves Starbucks. And here, so I hear, is Starbucks’ goodbye letter to her: Dear Partners, I would like to let you know that…
Mini sparkle donuts at Starbucks: Do you like them?
This blog entry is about mini sparkle donuts. That’s it! Nothing complicated here! I like them. The vanilla one is my favorite. The frosting is wonderfully sweet and rich. I…
Charitable Customer Donations at the Register at Starbucks
Now is the time to talk about charitable small monetary donations at the register in Starbucks company-operated stores. Once in a while people visit mystarbucksidea.com and post idea threads which…
Casi Cielo coffee returns to Starbucks on January 12th!
Casi Cielo whole bean coffee returns to Starbucks on January 12, 2010! This annual seasonal offering was first created by Starbucks for the Seattle restaurant, Canlis, and other fine dining…
Mystarbucksidea.com gets a fresh new makeover for 2010…OPEN THREAD
It is time to talk about My Starbucks Idea again! Starbucks has revamped and improved the site as of yesterday late night, and this time with all true improvements after…
Featured Starbucks: Columbia Center, Store #101
It’s time for a Starbucks history lesson…a particular store worth talking about because of its very unique story. Every Starbucks store has its history, fans, and tall tales. But the…
Events in Seattle: Everything But The Coffee
Bryant Simon, author of Everything But The Coffee: Learning About America From Starbucks, is speaking in Seattle at Elliott Bay Books on January 14, 2010. StarbucksMelody is in the middle…
My Starbucks Rewards: January 5, 2010 is the big day
About 14 months ago, Starbucks launched a program called a Gold Card. Under the 2008-2009 version of the Gold Card, officially announced in October, and available for customers to purchase…
StarbucksMelody gets a custom card!
Woohoo! My customized Starbucks card arrived today! I realized though after I ordered the card that I should have tried to have it say something like, “check out StarbucksMelody.com” rather…
Starbucks Shared Planet: An introductory lesson about ethical coffee sourcing
Welcome to your introduction to Starbucks C.A.F.E. practices and Shared Planet; On Mystarbucksidea.com, the site is intermittently flooded with people who yell, “Starbucks needs to sell more fair trade coffee”. …
A place to pour out coffee: Drains at condiments stations at Starbucks
This very short blog post is inspired by the mystarbucksidea.com thread, “A place to pour out coffee” at Starbucks. It’s a common theme on mystarbucksidea.com that people want some sort…
No better time than winter in Vermont for a Starbucks soy Frappuccino
Lots of people have talked about the “test Frappuccinos” in Dallas, Texas. It’s been a long test of the new and customizable Frappuccino, offering Starbucks customers the chance to try…