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Tag: starbucks

This or That

A coffee cup will unite us

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 1, 2016, 2:36 PM Nov 1, 2016
21

Drink up, people! We’ve got some serious uniting to do, still. Read more →

Crime and Justice

Too much ice in the iced coffee?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2016, 8:00 AM May 2, 2016
38

How much ice is too much ice in a Starbucks iced beverage?

It’ll be up to a court to decide. Someone is suing the chain because its drinks are almost half ice.
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Arts & Culture

Starbucks perpetuating its war on jazz this Christmas

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2015, 1:12 PM Nov 9, 2015
10

You’ve probably heard about the ‘controversy’ surrounding Starbucks’ choice of red coffee cups for its holiday season. No mention of Christmas, or Jesus, or whatever else has never been on a Starbucks paper cup at Christmas.

It’s the kind of controversy that plays right into the hands of what fuels the Internet: outrage. Read more →

Starbucks has a thing for white neighborhoods

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 18, 2015, 7:50 AM Mar 18, 2015
23

At the invitation of Starbucks new program to encourage its customers to have a conversation and debate about race, Quartz writers Melvin Backman and Zach Wener-Fligner have a question to start: ‘ What’s the deal with you and predominantly white neighborhoods, Starbucks?’
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Politics

Want coffee? You’ll have to talk about racism first

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 17, 2015, 9:10 AM Mar 17, 2015
44

Starbucks is serving up a conversation about racism while making your coffee. Read more →

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