Starbucks is having a rough start to 2017, as the chain struggles to attract customers to stores.
The coffee giant accounted for 11% of US restaurant foot traffic in February, down from 12% in January, according to data from the research firm xAd, which was first reported by Bloomberg.
An xAd spokesperson told Business Insider that it is difficult to pinpoint a specific factor that drove the change. However, Starbucks has recently been facing both operational issues and brand reputation challenges.
The company also faced backlash after CEO Howard Schultz announced plans to hire 10,000 refugees worldwide in the next five years in response to Donald Trump’s executive order intended to prevent refugees from entering the US.
ht/ the big owe
Star Bucks, meh. Micky D’s man.
Hiring immigrants to make coffee that aren’t accustomed to using toilet paper doesn’t help.
“Charbucks” can keep their nasty coffee. And it serves that stooge right to lose business for the stupidity.
Sic semper socialists
Ideology vs The bottom line.
And the winner is?
Stay tuned.
Screw starbuck’s. I don’t want to associate with people who voted for Hillary.
Not talking about them is about the only way I could boycott them even more than have since I’ve been near one.
Damn. Blew that one.
Let me know when Starsux employs Jews and women in Saudi Arabia.
Go ahead Sgt. Know Nothing Shultz, stretch that social justice IQ.
My liberal brother in Seattle has his own personal boycott of Starbucks since Howard Schultz who used to own the Seattle Supersonics NBA team sold them to Oklahoma City.
They got the coffee shop at my local supermarket…. It’s a ghost town now…
At 5 bucks a cup for a year, you could buy a reverse osmosis filter, a lower end model coffee maker of what they actually use in Starbucks that grinds your beans and everything, plus a hearty supply of beans. The damn cups though, if you want disposable it really increases the cost. If you can stand to use a mug the budget will allow for another 3 months of beans. Year two, the beans is your only expense and a change of water filters. By comparison, you can now afford the most expensive coffee in the world, kopi luwak, at least one pound per year at the most expensive $600/lb, and still have enough regular beans for you AND your friends.
The more you know.
Hot water and a chair with free low speed Wifi.
Improving cell Unlimited plans are taking half their business model away.
Worst coffee ever.
It’s been years, but a Latte sounded good yesterday so I went in and the place looked more like a freak show than a coffee shop. A Tranny was interviewing a beautiful young girl to be a Barista, and the patrons were either young or trying to look trendy. To add insult to injury the drink needed more fluid and less foam, and that experience cost 4 and a half bucks.
Shoot for a star and end up buck naked I suppose.
Crappi Luwak! To hell with that shit. Literally.
Best coffee I ever had was a 50/50 mix of Kona and Jamaican Blue Mountain.
It must be difficult to run a business with your head stuck in a dark place! MAGA!!