Fun Stuff > CHATTER
ATTN CANADIANS!
redglasscurls:
Skinny Jeans, I am going to figure how to jump through the internet just to jack the bike in your avatar.
Inlander:
Man, doesn't North America have any non-chain coffee shops? Here in Melbs if want a coffee I've got a dozen or so stand-alone cafes within a ten minute walk. If I want some crap-in-a-cup the nearest Starbucks is a fifteen-minute tram-ride away.
Incidentally, I read an interesting article a few weeks ago that said that Starbucks can actually boost the business of small cafes in the same neighbourhood. Apparently a number of cafes have found their business booming after a Starbucks opened up nearby. The thinking is that the Starbucks, through the power of its brand recognition, will pull people into the area who wouldn't normally go there. However a lot of those people are just after "coffee" rather than "Starbucks coffee", and they may even be after "good coffee", so a sizable number of them will wander into the smaller cafe and spend their money there. I wish I could remember what newspaper the article originally appeared in.
Skinny Jeans:
I personally love local coffee shops alot more, it's just the "roll the rim to win" time where I'm excited to drink Timmies!
Something about printing a couple words under the rim of a paper cup fascinates me.
I'm way to easily amused
Lines:
Yes, we have independent shops, but people are obsessed with chains. Personally, I don't get it - I don't get chains and I don't get fancy coffees. As for teas and whatnot, as I don't drink coffee, I prefer what the independent places offer, because the brands they use are better and they have a more interesting variety.
I also think the idea of going to Starbucks while White Castle is supposed to have one of the best coffees is kind of funny.
ruyi:
it definitely varies from region to region. here in berkeley non-chain coffee shops are the norm, for example. perhaps it is true that north america generally has more chain places though. also: maybe more multi-national coffee-chains originate from north america? i am not sure.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version