Very sneaky, Starbucks

HOThe other day I was driving home when I noticed something peculiar: A highway sign informing me that I could find a Starbucks if I exited Kellogg at Seneca Street.

Huh? I exit Seneca Street every day, and if there were a Starbucks nearby, believe me, I’d know.

Then it hit me. Yes, there is a Starbucks off the Seneca exit, but it’s two miles and a whole bunch of stoplights to the south, past Pawnee.

I do not like deceptive highway exit signs. If you tell me to exit for Starbucks, I expect it to be right off the exit. Not a five-plus minute drive away. This is especially bizarre considering the fact that just exits later at West street, a westbound Kellogg driver can find a Starbucks immediately off the highway

When reporting on Starbucks’ new breakfast sandwiches last week, I was told by a manager that the stores at Seneca and Pawnee and at 21st and Amidon would be the only two not participating because they were the lowest performing stores. Perhaps that explains all of this, especially considering that an exit sign at K-96 and Meridian directs exiters to the 21st and Amidon store, also several miles and stoplights away.

Now that my complaining is over, a little Starbucks good news to report: PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE IS BACK AS OF TODAY!!!

  • lbuselt

    Mmmm. Pumpkin Spice Latte. Denise, let me know if you ever need company to go and enjoy one of those tasty drinks. Yum!

  • Denise Neil

    That’s just like you, Buselt. Focus on the positive. DID YOU NOT READ WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE EXIT SIGNS???? ha ha.

  • jhilton

    Sorry I was just focusing on the positive too, was just trying to map out the closest starbucks so I could get one of those Lattes! YUM! I cant wait for the christmas drinks to come out!

  • RockChalkGirl

    Mmmmmmmmmmmm… Pumpkin Spice Latte. You know, by bringing up the latte, you’ve derailed us from any former anger toward such deceptive signs. You actually did what Starbucks would have done in addressing the issue! Haha! Nicely done.

  • podunkboy

    I love the business logic of not selling an item at a couple stores because they’re “underperforming”, and then expect people to drive miles out of their way to those stores.
    P.S.: if you exit Seneca to the north, Quick Trip’s only .6 miles away, and has affordable coffee, donuts and breakfast sandwiches. And you don’t have to tip some insolent slacker with a half-dozen facial piercings.

  • sunflowergirl51968

    Oh Podunk, you make me laugh! I love QT.

  • val

    Just want to share that I never go there. I don’t drink coffee.

    I guess I did go there once, on a horrid frigid
    winter day, for a Hot Cocoa at the drive-up.