Starbucks Cakes are Rubbish - Campaign for Irish Cakes NOW.

vinvon · 28-01-2009 12:22AM #1

Has anyone else noticed how awful the cakes are in Starbucks and I mean AWFUL. Next time smell them and inhale the sweet smell of plastic.

I complained to Starbucks (routed to the UK) and was told that.....now wait for this....all cakes are shipped from the "mainland" and are individually wrapped in plastic hence the lovely fresh aroma. This is crazy on so many fronts -

1. why import cakes when they could be produced locally.
2. what residual plastic are we consumming as a result.
3. Carbon footprints.

Let's be mature and ignore the "mainland" faux pas.

Let's start a campaign for Irish pastries in all of Starbucks Irish branches or they are boycotted.

soccerc · 28-01-2009 12:30AM

vinvon wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed how awful the cakes are in Starbucks and I mean AWFUL. Next time smell them and inhale the sweet smell of plastic.

I complained to Starbucks (routed to the UK) and was told that.....now wait for this....all cakes are shipped from the "mainland" and are individually wrapped in plastic hence the lovely fresh aroma. This is crazy on so many fronts -

1. why import cakes when they could be produced locally.
2. what residual plastic are we consumming as a result.
3. Carbon footprints.

Let's be mature and ignore the "mainland" faux pas.

Let's start a campaign for Irish pastries in all of Starbucks Irish branches or they are boycotted.

Can I ask do you know of any cake/confectionery manufacturer in Ireland who makes 'cakes'?

Blue_Wolf · 28-01-2009 12:31AM

Love the patriotism. Tiochadh an la mo chaire

Cabaal · 28-01-2009 12:31AM

I just don;t use starbucks full stop, if you cared so much about Ireland you;d use a Irish based cafe

ejmaztec · 28-01-2009 12:33AM

Is cakeaphobia a hatred of foreign cakes?

eVeNtInE · 28-01-2009 12:37AM

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tony1kenobi · 28-01-2009 02:37AM

vinvon wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed how awful the cakes are in Starbucks and I mean AWFUL. Next time smell them and inhale the sweet smell of plastic.

I complained to Starbucks (routed to the UK) and was told that.....now wait for this....all cakes are shipped from the "mainland" and are individually wrapped in plastic hence the lovely fresh aroma. This is crazy on so many fronts -

1. why import cakes when they could be produced locally.
2. what residual plastic are we consumming as a result.
3. Carbon footprints.

Let's be mature and ignore the "mainland" faux pas.

Let's start a campaign for Irish pastries in all of Starbucks Irish branches or they are boycotted.

4. Stop buying them.I don't know anyone that does so you must be supporting this franchise by yourself.

Countermoon · 28-01-2009 10:08AM

That's a strange contradiction - the OP wants Irish cakes in Starbucks so he can buy Irish....!? But since when was Starbucks itself Irish?

Just stop going there, OP. There are much better places for coffee.

jor el · 28-01-2009 11:40AM

There's only one thing worse than hermetically sealed buns, and that's coffee.

Stop going to Starbucks, problem solved. Bake your own fresh buns, and bring a flask of hot water to work. It's what's needed in these recessionary times.

Though you can't beat a fresh Stafford's cream doughnut, or eclair. Mmmmmm.

toodelies · 28-01-2009 11:47AM

well the only thing i can say is i don't know many other places that sell gluten free cakes/buns with your coffee. starbucks have GF belgian chocolate cake and gf lemon drizzle buns. its a nice treat when you have a cake craving and can't seem to find them anywhere else... normally us coeliacs have to put up with rock hard bread and foul tasting "cake" - at least the gluten free stuff in starbucks in actually edible...

the groutch · 28-01-2009 11:51AM

cuisine de france have killed off all the great irish bakeries (kylemore, mannings, etc etc) so it's not like they have much choice

Blue_Wolf · 28-01-2009 11:59AM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Is cakeaphobia a hatred of foreign cakes?

No that would be being scared of cakes.

Cakeism maybe the word your looking for?

Climate Expert · 28-01-2009 12:35PM

Did they actually call the UK the mainland?

Slice · 28-01-2009 06:36PM

But if Starbucks start stocking Irish cakes instead of cakes from the mainland then isn't that just replacing one rubbish cake with another?

faceman · 28-01-2009 06:40PM

Stop going to Starbucks.

Get yourself a Gateaux cake (cos you gotta get a Gateaux) and make yourself a Dunnes brand coffee at home.

dh0661 · 28-01-2009 08:38PM

faceman wrote: »

Get yourself a Gateaux cake

AFAIK Gateaux no longer make cakes in Ireland and have not done so for a long time.

Tabnabs · 28-01-2009 09:37PM

the groutch wrote: »

cuisine de france have killed off all the great irish bakeries (kylemore, mannings, etc etc) so it's not like they have much choice

Eh? Mannings are still going strong and have great cakes and cookies.

calex71 · 28-01-2009 11:06PM

faceman wrote: »

Stop going to Starbucks.

If the OP and everyone else did how much longer would the dole Q's be?

ejmaztec · 29-01-2009 12:43AM

calex71 wrote: »

If the OP and everyone else did how much longer would the dole Q's be?

Does that mean that the dole office sells cake and coffee as well?

Sútalún · 29-01-2009 01:21AM

ejmaztec wrote: »

Does that mean that the dole office sells cake and coffee as well?

Probably don't sell them. Just hand them out...

foggy_lad · 29-01-2009 01:50AM

carlow has a nice cake shop in potato market. lovely fresh buns cakes gingerbread people etc etc hmmmmmm:)

Liam Byrne · 29-01-2009 02:34AM

Climate Expert wrote: »

Did they actually call the UK the mainland?

The OP asked us to be mature and ignore that brain-dead, ignorant aspect.

But I have to say it's a pretty dumb thing to say; and it's far from isolated; lots of the UK guests on Irish talk-shows make the same mistake.

I worry about people sometimes.....I really do. I mean, are they not teaching geography anymore or something ?

And considering that the UK itself is an island off "mainland Europe"..... :rolleyes:

But back on-topic, OP - if you're that worried, stop supporting the franchises whose napkins and flyers tell you to visit a .co.uk website - Subway being another offender - those combined with that "mainland" mistake would have me finding somewhere else to eat, that's for sure.

Find a cafe that's Irish and supports local bakeries.... the pesky ignorant "mainlanders" will soon get the hint.

faceman · 29-01-2009 11:43AM

dh0661 wrote: »

AFAIK Gateaux no longer make cakes in Ireland and have not done so for a long time.

:eek: didnt know that!

calex71 wrote: »

If the OP and everyone else did how much longer would the dole Q's be?

not too much longers. There will always be the blinkered ones who dont care what goes on behind the starbucks empire and also dont care about the impact of spending in a foreign owned company who will still go to Starbucks.

*cough* ....losers... *cough*

Starbucks Cakes are Rubbish - Campaign for Irish Cakes NOW.

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