| Hi Wang Jian Shuo, I NEVER drink coffee at Starbucks, they're expensive and I hate their business practices. I'm currently a British-American living in Bangkok, Thailand. We have Starbucks EVERYWHERE - there are FOUR of them within less than a mile of my house!! And they're packed with Thais (god knows, how they afford the coffee there as the average Thai salary is less than $150 a month!) I specifically won't purchase anything at Starbucks though because of their business practices. In the US (and here in Thailand) they deliberately target areas where there are independently-owned coffee shops and then do everything they can to try to close them down. In Santa Monica, CA, where I used to live - Starbucks has recently bought out two smaller coffee companies and then closed down all their stores, to stop the competition. I'll walk a mile in Bangkok heat before I'll buy a latte at Starbucks. They're a socially-irresponsible company as far as I'm concerned! They're also expensive nd they rip-off local coffee growers. Liars, cheats and thieves, IMO. |
Pudong Starbucks is Nice