Pondering

 

Starbucks is cutting 1,100 jobs 

and simplifying its menu in the 

US as it tries to improve flagging 

business in its home market.

I like Starbucks coffee and when I get a Starbucks coffee it is usually a vanilla cappuccino.  I get this coffee only when I am in possession of a gift card.

Why?

Because Starbucks coffee is too damn expensive...  and the good taste does not offset the price in my opinion.

I am not sure what coffee beans that Starbucks uses, but I am sure it is a blend that uses Kona coffee beans, and it is perhaps the Kona coffee beans that give the coffee its good taste.

In East TN, we have a convenience store chain called Weigel's that also uses Kona coffee beans in their blend of coffees as well.  Weigel's put in new coffee machines so that each cup of coffee is ground right there in the machine as the hot water pours over it, similar to French Press coffee.

Weigel's coffee is fresh, uses Kona coffee beans and costs only $2.50 for an extra-large Styrofoam cup and if you bring back the cup, you get refills for $2.25.

Compare this price to Starbuck's price of $6.00+ for a cup about 2/3 the size of Weigel's cup.

THREE CUPS OF WEIGEL'S VERSUS ONE CUP OF STARBUCKS

It is kinda like a no brainer decision...