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sojusucks
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 Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:21 pm Post subject: Starbucks to expand in Korea |
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http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20110912/BIZ/309129991/1031/BIZ
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Starbucks Corp., the world�s largest coffee retailer, plans to triple its coffee shops in China during the next four years and step up expansion elsewhere in Asia, an executive said.
Starbucks plans to operate 1,500 outlets in China by 2015 from a current 470, the company�s Asia Pacific president Jinlong Wang said. The company also expects to open 700 coffee shops in South Korea by 2016, up from 370 now, Wang said. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| They ought to lower their prices at the same time and put some of their competition out of business. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| The price differential is already better than it is in the States, mostly because Dunkin is ludicrously expensive here. |
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metalhead
Joined: 18 May 2010
Location: Toilet
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Instead of expanding more American garbage, couldn't they just get rid of Starbucks in one final swoop? I thought I came to Korea, instead it's like America-lite. I don't want to see rubbish like Starbucks, Burger King and Taco Bell on every corner, but alas it is not to be. |
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alice_w
Joined: 10 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| HOORAY for more Starbucks in Korea! |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Before Starbucks came the coffee shop scene in Seoul was bleak. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| radcon wrote: |
| Before Starbucks came the coffee shop scene in Seoul was bleak. |
Before Starbucks opened anywhere the coffee scene was bleak........I know it's cool to hate on big chains. I think I did that when I was a teenager too. 
But you have to give credit where it's due. Actually, decent coffee would have been extremely rare in Korea before the big American chains came. Same for fast-food.
Sorry Korea, but coffee and fast-food are not two of your intrinsic strengths. |
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orosee
Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Location: Hannam-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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PRO Starbucks in Korea: Higher prices for basically the same inferior coffee, should attract lots of locals.
CONTRA Starbucks in Korea: More restrictive on indoor smoking than most Korean coffee chains, thus less women smokers.
NEUTRAL: Apple douchebags now patronizing all coffee shop brands equally. |
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Ribena
Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: UK
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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They are expanding in China, I was in a Starbucks in China and it was almost the same price as in the UK. You could buy a meal almost for the same price as a cup of coffee there and they used soya milk.
Do they use soya milk in Korea? |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| metalhead wrote: |
| Instead of expanding more American garbage, couldn't they just get rid of Starbucks in one final swoop? I thought I came to Korea, instead it's like America-lite. I don't want to see rubbish like Starbucks, Burger King and Taco Bell on every corner, but alas it is not to be. |
Plenty of small towns down south where you can avoid U.S. fast food chains. Catch a bus, take a train.
And while you're on the road, have a Coke and a smile. |
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Joe Boxer
Joined: 25 Dec 2007
Location: Bundang, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| orosee wrote: |
| Apple douchebags |
Lol. |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| The market is here for more Starbucks and other American brands/stores. We all know it and see it in Korea every day. Ever seen an empty McDonalds? An empty Outback? An empty Costco?An empty Krispy Kreme? An empty Taco Bell? Me, neither. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
| The market is here for more Starbucks and other American brands/stores. We all know it and see it in Korea every day. Ever seen an empty McDonalds? An empty Outback? An empty Costco?An empty Krispy Kreme? An empty Taco Bell? Me, neither. |
Seriously. The Outback where I live has at least a 30 minute wait pretty much every night of the week. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| metalhead wrote: |
| Instead of expanding more American garbage, couldn't they just get rid of Starbucks in one final swoop? I thought I came to Korea, instead it's like America-lite. I don't want to see rubbish like Starbucks, Burger King and Taco Bell on every corner, but alas it is not to be. |
Who is "they"? The Korean government? A unionized band of consumers? A hyper-nationalist gang to force them out? Absurd.
Look, if you really want to get away from "America-lite", go to the deep countryside. Seriously, leave Seoul and stay away from a city and tourism spots and you won't see the landscape blighted by anything but old buildings and cars, singing rooms, old school supermarkets and street markets, and Korean restaurants. You also won't see too many people between the ages of about 20 and 60. |
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alice_w
Joined: 10 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| I hope they open some locations in rural Korea. The people down there have the right to enjoy life, too! |
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