An online and paper petition campaign has been mounted to save the Westlink Starbucks location, one of 600 marked for closing by the struggling gourmet coffee chain.
Paper petitions asking the company to spare the store, which opened on May 23, are available at Westlink retailers.
And an online petition is available at www.ipetitions.com/petition/westlinkstarbucks.
Participants are asked to sign either the paper or online petitions, but not both. The drive is being coordinated by Benchmark Real Estate Group, property managers for Westlink Shopping Center.
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Let the market decide. Obviously, given the quickness with which the decision to close was made after the store opened May 23, the market may have already decided. Good luck, though, to those who think a petition is going to change any minds at corporate.
Not that I really care (to me coffee is coffee) it does seem awful quick to pull the plug. I would think they would give it a winter – figure hot drinks sell better in cold water.
Starbucks is too big to fail. What they need is a Federal Government bailout to keep these 600 stores open.
We could always give them a $6 million interest-free loan!
Starbucks is the dumbest business idea yet. Yes people have been paying $4-5 for a cup of coffee until they started to have to pay $4 for a gallon of gas or milk. By the way does that make that cup of coffee $12-15 dollars a gallon. What is more important the milkshake coffee or getting to work?
The reactions Starbucks evokes are interesting. Got a vitriol-laden voice mail from a gentleman this morning proclaiming “why does anyone care” about a Starbucks failure and blatantly stereotyping its customers.
I’m not a Starbucks customer – I don’t like coffee and gas prices are destroying my budget – but I’m rather intrigued by the anger and the political overtones in this gentleman’s voice about the company.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I think some people view it as ‘conspicuous consumption’ and lash out accordingly. As I noted above I really don’t care one way or the other – been drinking battery acid so long I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference anyway.
As for “why does anyone care” I tend to agree – from a political perspective. Should it be a ‘public’ concern whether my favorite coffee house or bar or whatever remains open? I think not.