Discern Report: Restaurant prices are still rising all across the United States, and even your regular coffee order at Starbucks is going to get more expensive in the coming weeks. According to a new report, this is the fifth time Starbucks is raising menu prices in two years. The coffee house chain is also implementing “additional pricing actions” that can result in extra fees for some beverages as it attempts to boost its bottom line in the second half of 2023.
Many consumers have already started to notice price changes in their area recently, and while some complain about yet another spike in menu costs, the company is seeing profits go through the roof. The controversial pricing strategy is being followed by multiple fast food and restaurant chains right now as they prepare for a consumer recession and introduce their final price hikes before the economy starts to crater again. more
“… your regular coffee order …”
lol
I bought one Starbucks coffee decades ago. Couldn’t finish the swill.
LOL Getgo gas station has better coffee than Starbutts at a fraction of the price. 1/2 the time the cashier waives me through if coffee is the only thing I am buying. It’s the old lady factor.
Wow a sawbuck for a cup a Joe! I remember back in the day the local diner had 10¢ a cup and a cute waitress would keep warming it up.
That Old Guy
When i was a young one we used to walk a couple miles to the nearest Red Barn 15 cent burgers i think they went up to about 25 cents while i was in grade school.
Anyway about Coffee,Found a place in Toronto to buy beans un-roasted from various places all over the world,hundred bucks for a small home roaster and you are a King.
Coming up on 71, and have spent a total of $5 at Starbucks. (Ordered cup of black coffee, early 90’s) I was less than whelmed.
More expensive than gas per gallon?
Switched to tea after I retired (not that nasty green stuff).
Still moves me 😁
Eugenia
Old lady factor is a good thing.
Had one Starbucks years ago. Unimpressed. Used to buy Farmers Bros., but now I can buy a nice steak for the price of two 14 Oz. cans of that! Don’t buy that anymore either.
It’s coffee. I’m not that much of a designer person i guess.
The ONLY reason to go to a Starbuck’s if if I’m in the middle of a Repair & I ran low on Bolt Washers & Cotter pins. I can Pull them out of the staffs Ears & Noses & finish my repairs.
We buy Kicking Horse Coffee: $13-$15 for 10oz pre Ground. BREW at Home and use Thermos
Generally they are Very Smooth with WAY LESS ACID & Heartburn.
Versions we use:
Kick Ass – It literally kicks you out of bed FAST
Grizzly Claw – My son’s fav.
454 Horsepower – My fav. & what I use BEFORE a Hard Mountain bike Ride
The others are Ok except for “Half Ass” which is harsh. – Avoid
The Obsolete Man,
Good Call.
Tea is much healthier & WAY CHEAPER!
Starbuck opened a place right near where I used to work years ago. Went there a lot, it was convenient. Decor was nice, comfortable seating. Manager was great. It all changed; purple/green/blue haired girls, lispy guys, no more comfortable seating, just hard tables and chairs. Alot of Door Dash orders sitting there on the counter. Haven’t been in years. It’s convenient when traveling, however.
More comments here than more serious topics.
I won’t even do the overpriced coffee pod things. Ridiculous waste of money.
I went to Starbucks once with my daughter who loves the place. One cup of burned taste coffee I did not finish and never returned.
It’s been decades since I went into a Starbucks. Can’t remember if the coffee was good or bad, but it was over priced then. I stopped going because of their politics. Don’t feed the hand that bites you.
Dutch Bros if I really need to get drive-up caffeine.
Fvck Joe Brandon.
Stovetop espresso maker and Sumatran coffee from Costco. Great value, great coffee. F that overpriced homeless shelter selling brown swill.
I make a pot for myself and co-workers first thing in the morning. I buy a cannister of breakfast grind at Coatco, and the company reimburses me. So…..free cuppa in the morning, and better tasting.
(BTW, I prefer mine straight black, just let it cool down)
Never been in a Starbucks.
Never drank their “coffee.”
Suit me just fine if they raised the price to $100/cup.
Fuck the bozos.
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
There’s a Starbucks near me that I drive by on a regular basis. There’s usually 12-15 cars waiting in the drive-thru. I just shake my head.
Obsolete Man does the coffee move you or just your bowels. My daughter tells me that drinking coffee helps her to poop and keeps her regular.
I wouldn’t know about Starbucks, but McDonalds has gone into the stratosphere with their pricing. We trade with them on trips and a meal for the kids’ and I has gone up nearly 300%
I never liked Subway, but a single foot long breakfast sandwich for the two little ones cost me a double sawbuck. I thought they advertised $5 foot long sandwiches. Who knew?
I buy 8 O’clock coffee and brew at home. I get the Mountain Peaks whole beans and have a Sears Kenmore burr grinder that I’ve had for years.
Stovetop moka pot (like a Bialetti), dark roast from Craven’s in Spokane and heavy cream heated in a pan. Way better and way cheaper than Starburnt.
I’m one of the people who has never bought a coffee at Starbuck – ever. It continues to amaze me how anyone spends SO much money on that junk.
Coffee is gay. Just do a bump of speed in the morning and get everything done by 9 am.
@ Alexb, I put on my best grandma face over the bat crap crazy one I normally wear.
The best coffee and inexpensive – I swear by Aldi’s German Roasted Mild (low acidity) and their Medium. Shockingly good.
We like whole bean coffee. Nothing better than fresh ground coffee, but it has to be coffee, not the designer stuff!
Geoff: It is the warm beverage that encourages me to unloaf some of my troubles each day (wink, wink🤗)
@JD ~ what the hell is ‘foot long breakfast’?
went to StarF*ck’s one time, happened on the way to our Potomac Water Plant back in the early ’80’s. stopped in ’cause it was the only place in town (Potomac Village … hoity-toity land) where you could get a cup of coffee (that I knew of) …. not impressed … give me 7-11 or Dunkin’ Donuts … cheaper & much better!
for me, it’s Dunkin’Donuts Ground French Vanilla from WallyWorld for $8.59 a pound. brew it in the 15 year old Keurig Vue …. perfect 10 0z. cup every time
hell, I’d rather have a Maxwell House Instant Sugar-Free decaf Swiss Mocha that that swill
I don’t even like coffee (or the smell) so I’ve never had to take out a loan to buy a cup of joe.
Eight O’ Clock Columbian Peaks whole bean ground in a ridiculously expensive Kitchen Aid burr grinder that I’ve been using for 15 years. brewed in a cheap Mr Coffee 12 cup.
About the only food I give a shit about.
Loved Dunkin’ Donuts coffee until the wokesters took it over around when 0bama cheated the election, they changed it to almost water, now it’s tolerable, bit it will never get back to the best at this rate.
Coffee and chaga tea….
3 cups coffee and 1 cup chaga….
or 2/2….works for me.
I’ve never stepped foot into a Starbucks, so this doesn’t concern me one bit.
I’m one of those asshats who bought an antique percolator. The woman from whom I bought it asked, “Is this your first?”
“First coffee maker?”
“Electric Percolator.”
“Yes it is.”
“You know it’s a disease and you will have ten of them within a year.”
I laughed. But she was correct.
My favorite is a Labelle 1955a automatic, and Jennifer’s favorite is a Mirro Matic 6 cup.
^^^^ Who’s Jennifer?
Jennifer is my wife.
We have Cornings, Labelles, MirroMatics, a Westinghouse, some Lander Frary and Clarks, and one I don’t know what the hell it is.
“Jennifer is my wife.”
Is she hot? LOL
I have a coffee maker from my parents. You boiled it over your stove. I distinctly remember them referring to it as a “Percolator”. I ran across it last winter and the next Sunday I “Percolated” some coffee. Best coffee ever. Has a little clear bulb on the top so you can tell when actual percolation is taking place. On any given lazy Sunday I percolate.
Yup, we have a few stovetop units. And some of mine are electric, but not automatic. And some are automatic. One of my LF&C has a sliding switch for coffee strength. My other LF&C is from the 1920s and you have to use a timer.
My favorite was a mirro that made very strong coffee with normal water levels and normal coffee levels, but it burned out after a few years. I found another of the same unit and it made piss-water coffee. So I cast about to find the perfect percolator.
Mine, now, is the Laballe that looks like a chrome ball. Jennifer’s is the tiny 6 cup that works quite well, but it doesn’t have the glass bulb. You have to listen for when the thermostat clicks off.
I have a very finally tuned brain that runs on the basic three major food groups. Caffeine, Beans, and Nicotine. I’m a coffee snob. Black. My second favorite grind is Starbucks Pikes Place. Very smooth. And just as smooth if yo buy it from one of their store fronts. Breakfast on the run? Their egg bites are awesome. Their Smoke Bacon Breakfast Sandwich is freaken bad ass. I stopped patronizing them about 6 months ago. And here’s why. Damn near mandatory tipping. And they start out at 20%. Even through their drive throughs. Are you fing kidding me. What other fast food outfit asks for tip while going through their drive through. So I’ll stock up on my number one fav grind, and Starbucks can kiss the left side of my right cheek.
Back when I was 16 or so my mom had an electric percolator. And she used 2 pound cans of ground coffee.i guarantee, if I could duplicate that coffee I could put Starbucks out of business. It was awesome, and I haven’t tasted that since.
joe6pak
Same here. The amazing part is they were most likely sing Folgers which was 20% SAW DUST. LOL.
OT. I’m guessing Hillary just arrived in NorCal. Just had to run out and pull all the umbrellas from the pool area. I’m guessing 40 mph winds. And increasing. If my shit burns down tomorrow, AVENGE ME. LOL.