Yes! Yes! Oh God Yes!!!

ThreadKiller · 18-02-2004 11:45AM #1

White Chocolate Mocha Heaven, here I come...

Starbucks to open 30 Irish outlets

The world's largest coffee chain Starbucks plans to open in Ireland are thought to be at an advanced stage.

Media reports today indicate that the firm has commissioned an architectural firm in Dublin to design up to 30 stores for opening later this year.

The first outlet may be opened in Northern Ireland with further shops to open throughout the Republic after that.

Source: Breaking News

Sleipnir · 18-02-2004 11:49AM

The Onion ran a story on

'Starbucks opens outlet in toilet of existing Starbucks'.

honru · 18-02-2004 12:02PM

Oh man. These will go down well, but remember when Bart Simpson walked into that shopping complex and all the stores were actually Starbucks? They'll be everywhere!

Kali · 18-02-2004 12:03PM

Oh dear god no.

midget lord · 18-02-2004 12:06PM

Originally posted by Kali
Oh dear god no.

what do you mean?

Surely no human can resist the white chocolate mocha.

midget lord · 18-02-2004 12:09PM

BTW are you me threadkiller, we drink the same coffee and have never been in the same room

flogen · 18-02-2004 12:12PM

well lets just hope they dont get like the disease they are in the US, i dont mind afew, but it may well get out of hand.....
we have enough McDonalds, Burger Kings etc. and Bennys is coming here too!!

Fatness here I come

Flogen

Kali · 18-02-2004 12:14PM

Originally posted by midget lord
what do you mean?

Walk down any street.. starbucks! turn the corner.. the gap! wander out into the suburbs.. walmart!

Genghis · 18-02-2004 12:20PM

I'm surprised they aren't simply acquiring some existing chain.

ThreadKiller · 18-02-2004 12:20PM

It appears that we are midget lord

flogen - Benny's ? Benny Hannah's ? If so a rare treat is to be bestowed on us

uberwolf · 18-02-2004 12:27PM

I nearly puked when I had one of their frapcino's(sp).

Tivoli · 18-02-2004 12:41PM

i was in the starbucks in edinburgh on saturday, great view of the castle, free newspapers to read, and my first White Chocolate Mocha in a fooken massive mug,

oh my god i can't wait to get our own

bizmark · 18-02-2004 12:44PM

Why would you want to pay 3 euro + for a cup of coffin with some fecking cream in it :eek:

ThreadKiller · 18-02-2004 12:46PM

Originally posted by bizmark
Why would you want to pay 3 euro + for a cup of coffin with some fecking cream in it :eek:

You've never had one then...

bizmark · 18-02-2004 12:48PM

no i havent i dont drink the stuff.....I guess its your money if you like it buy it....I just dont get the point of spending that kind of money on coffee

ThreadKiller · 18-02-2004 01:09PM

I don't drink spirits so I've no idea why someone would want to pay €7.50 for a vodka & red bull, but it's their choice.

bizmark · 18-02-2004 01:11PM

Ya i dont drink either.....wast of money and brain cells

BuffyBot · 18-02-2004 01:21PM

Originally posted by Kali
Oh dear god no.

Seconded. The last thing Ireland needed

Emmo · 18-02-2004 01:25PM

I like Starbucks,

real nice coffee..............cant really imagine them working in Ireland.

In the states they tend to have intelligent people working for them and play classical music in the stores.

I can just imagine the first "howya" to ask me how I want my Grande Machiato with Caramel syrup.

"Wha? you want syrup? are ye fookin well?"

I dont think that the intelligent Irish youth will work for the piss poor wages that Starbucks pay.

ahhh well.

I was just asking myself why they had taken this long to get to Ireland.

Ohh and 3 Euro for a coffee is about price down on Baggot street.

Emmo

LoneGunM@n · 18-02-2004 01:30PM

I've only ever had Starbucks once [London] & have to say it was the nicest Moccachino I've ever had ... & the huge cookies are a bonus too

ThreadKiller · 18-02-2004 01:35PM

Kali & Buffybot - Mind explaining why ?

mike65 · 18-02-2004 01:41PM

Why don't we simply sing "America The Brave" together?

Mike.

ThreadKiller · 18-02-2004 01:48PM

1) What's wrong with America ?
2) What's it got to do with this discussion ?

mike65 · 18-02-2004 01:56PM

Originally posted by ThreadKiller
1) What's wrong with America ?
2) What's it got to do with this discussion ?

Theres a feeling abroad that there are just too many
commercial operations from the USA in the country which peddle stuff we dont need at prices we should'nt be willing to pay (but some of us clearly are).

Mike.

ThreadKiller · 18-02-2004 01:58PM

The USA is innovative in retailing, they're the world leaders. In the end the consumer will decide. If people don't want it they won't buy it & eventually that will be the end of it. Same for pricing.

Cherry Coke anyone ?

Doodah7 · 18-02-2004 02:13PM

The great thing is that I can add to my collection of Starbucks mugs which I have 'borrowed' over the years. I wonder will they use the real ones or just the paper cups with kleptos like me around...

LegacyUser · 18-02-2004 02:16PM

bag of cement in the jacks

hedgetrimmer · 18-02-2004 02:21PM

Don't they sell coffee in litre take-outs too?

BoB_BoT · 18-02-2004 02:25PM

O Briens charge €3 for a cup of coffee the last time I was in there, ****ign redicilous, then I noticed the little coffee shop/cafe opposite it, great coffee only €2, I like coffee, bring on Starbucks.

A litre of coffee, humm I could kill myself drinking that, oh well

padraigmyers · 18-02-2004 03:03PM

Threadkiller, its funny that you should ask why is anyone aginst Starbucks coming onto the country. I guess you don't
know much about their expansion stratgey. Anyway it go's a little like this:

Starbucks decide to move into a
new town which is capable of supporting about 20 coffee shops.....however Starbucks then put in 25-30 shops, they
place so competition into the area that over time all other coffee shops are forced to close because they are operating
at a loss, the Starbucks shops will also be operating at a loss at this stage, but that part of the plan. When all the other
coffee shops have closed down they then close the surplus outlets leaveing the 20 that would be viable. Thus you now
have nothing but Starbucks to go to. This isn't a big secret, its all well documented. Is this what you really want?

ThreadKiller · 18-02-2004 03:13PM

Why the need for spoiler tags ?

As an answer... I see no problem with that, it's competition, people are fickle, if they don't want to buy starbucks, they won't plain & simple.

Starbucks offer a constincy, I like their coffee, if I'm in a city that has a starbucks I'll actively seek it out in order to get a white chocolate mocha. I almost NEVER drink coffee in any other stores in Dublin (apart from insomnia who make a reasonable (but not great) caramel cappuchino.

I've no problem with their business practices, how many of the other shops in Dublin offer a "Fair Trade" coffee ?

Yes! Yes! Oh God Yes!!!

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