Street Talk: Photos by Nick Patella (left to right): Rick Stiff, Marianne Faulkner, Pete Empson.
Street Talk
The Microsoft of Beans?: Asked at Cherry Bean Coffeehouse in Salinas.
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Q: Is Starbucks monopolizing the coffee industry
and/or homogenizing our society?
Follow-up: What corporate chain would you not mind
seeing go out of business?
Rick Stiff
Restaurant Manager | Salinas
A: Neither. There’s just a lot of competition out there
and Starbucks is trying to compete like any other type of
business.
Slammed: Denny’s. Their service sucks.
Marianne Faulkner
Student | Salinas
A: People try to be individuals but end up homogenized
anyway. Starbucks’ customers don’t care what Starbucks’ is
doing.
Not Lovin’ It: McDonald’s.
Pete Empson
Cherry Bean Owner | Aptos
A: Starbucks is both good and bad. They’ve enlightened
us about coffee and brought it to the masses, which in a way
has helped all coffee shops.
Help the Little Guy: I wish people as a whole would
dump the corporate mentality.
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