Done.
I will continue to not drink their coffee; as I always have.
In a lot of places in Europe, they are forced to give you free tap water. Now, the tap water is basically free for them (and that’s why they passed that law), but they give it to you in one of their paper cups. Those cost money.
For years now I’ve been boycotting starbucks by asking for a cup of water every time I see one, and not buying anything from them.
I’ve probably only made them lose 2 cents, but I’m proud of it. Fuck starbucks.
(Of course, be respectful to the employees when you ask them for the cup of water)
I use their restrooms
I’ve been boycotting them since 9/11/2001
Frappuccinos can’t melt steel beams
So what did Starbucks do today?
Starbucks coffee is hot garbage, it’s not hard to boycott them. I don’t think I’ve set foot in one of their shops in over a decade.
I’ve always boycotted them naturally. Their black coffee is shit and expensive. That’s why they fill it with so much sweets. Anyway, fuck them
Their coffee is terrible. I don’t know why people go there, let alone pay outrageous prices for their shitty coffee.
It’s not even good coffee.
so easy I started years ago
It’s sad that I see ppl - especially young kids with adults who shop at malls with 10$ cups of 500-750 calories.
Starbucks is one of the most overrated brands on this planet.
Easiest boycott of my life.
As a European I have no clue why Starbucks is so popular. It’s horribly bad coffee.
Is the succes just due to the many options / sweets you can add? Just drink a quality espresso
Their coffee sucks, but their tea lattes are some of the better ones. Admittedly probably due to the sugar, but I only tea out as a treat anyway. But that’s why I used to go.
It’s often the only available coffee if you want it on the go
That seems rarely the case in the UK. Even the Starbucks drive through is often next to a service station with an espresso counter serving something better, such as a BP with their " Wild Bean Cafe" counter. Sure it’s not great coffee but it’s not as bad as Starbucks burnt weak offerings !
Its coffee for people that don’t like coffee.
People who like coffee flavoured things but not coffee.
But why go to a massive international corporation for that? Local independent cafes exist and many of them do much better coffee cakes.
Convenience. I make my coffee at home, but I pass dozens of Dunkins, Starbucks, gas stations, etc. on my way to work. Can’t say I’d be able to locate a local café in my area.
Never heard of dunkins. Is it convenience or laziness?
They used to be called “Dunkin Donuts”, I think the name changed to “Dunkin”. They are a widely known brand in the United States.
I’ve never been to their coffee shops but the coffee you can buy of theirs at the grocery store is alright.
Its convenience but also around here, the private coffee shops that aren’t commercialized are more expensive.
They have this ad that “only 2% of the world’s coffee is good enough for Starbucks” but the real stat is more like “Starbucks uses 2% of the world’s coffee” 😂
I definitely fall into that category and I don’t rate Starbuck’s either. I also thought Tim Hortons was incredibly mid and Canadians love that shit so what so I know.
I tend to describe Tim Hortons coffee as ‘tepid dumpster juice’
Timmie’s flavoured lattes are so sweet that it’s probably sugar addiction.
The coffee on it’s own is brewed poorly aka burned, however; if you order a specialty coffee with lots of sugar and milk then its alright.
I believe its intentionally made that way because it makes sense for the quality control of the specialty coffee mix drinks that people buy. Their premade refrigerated drinks are okay at best but I wouldn’t not drink one if somebody gave me one for free.
Clearly Lemmy isn’t their target market demographic and the people that keep buying it are not going to boycott the product.
As an American tourist, I about screamed when I saw dozens of people lined up outside Starby’s in Milan. Better espresso within two blocks in every direction!! Aaahh!!
With how much they cost, this could also be good financial advice.
I remember Starbucks being used as a comparison to university fees. It was something like “oh of you go to Starbucks every day that costs as much as you would spend on uni!”. That had the opposite effect on me to what they wanted, put me off going to places like Starbucks.
Having to pay for a takeaway pizza in my teens once also put me off ever doing that again when I saw how little I got for how much I spent. I was disappointed before I even started eating it and the pizza its self was nothing special either.
Where are you getting pizza that it’s so expensive? $10-$12 will get you a large pepperoni most places in Canada. I’d say pizza delivered averages closer to $20 but it’s leagues better than store-bought. Homemade is a different story, but not everyone can justify that.
I started ‘boycotting’ them after the first time I had one of their coffee adjacent drinks when I was in the US in late '08. I love how badly they ate shit when they tried to come to Australia where we already knew about good coffee.
