It would be easier to paste a link, but we all know what GC thinks of that. Here is an excerpt from an Inc. magazine article:
Complexity is killing Starbucks.
Making all those double shots, swirls, and flavors slows down orders, annoys staff, and puts a drag on the company’s finances.
“Starbucks says there are more than 170,000 possible drink combinations available, but outside estimates have put the number at more than 300 billion. And the person in front of you always seems to be ordering 100 million of them,” Inc. editor at large Bill Saporito has joked in the New York Times.
wfhite 1 day ago
If that’s simple, I hate to see the complicated ones. Makes me glad I don’t drink coffee.
wfhite 1 day ago
Another point on Lila. What’s she is on shoes, I’m on DVDs. I have over 2,480 of them now.
j_m_kuehl 1 day ago
guess that’s why they make the “Grande” 1 cup of coffee and the other stuff as filler
jmworacle about 23 hours ago
I guess Lila getting short near the end of the pay cycle.
WorkshopGardener Premium Member about 18 hours ago
Coffee, black, sugar!
ajr58(1) about 17 hours ago
It would be easier to paste a link, but we all know what GC thinks of that. Here is an excerpt from an Inc. magazine article:
Complexity is killing Starbucks.
Making all those double shots, swirls, and flavors slows down orders, annoys staff, and puts a drag on the company’s finances.
“Starbucks says there are more than 170,000 possible drink combinations available, but outside estimates have put the number at more than 300 billion. And the person in front of you always seems to be ordering 100 million of them,” Inc. editor at large Bill Saporito has joked in the New York Times.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 17 hours ago
Attaboy Boyd………
MartinPerry1 about 16 hours ago
Makes Fraser and Niles look like simple backwood country yokels.
oakie9531 about 14 hours ago
say that three times fast
david_42 about 8 hours ago
If you ever want to traumatize your taste buds, get a small brewed, black.
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom about 6 hours ago
Yeah, whatever.