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STARBUCKS SURVEY (__ m ___ f)

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1. Do you drink coffee? ___ Yes ___ No

2. How many cups a day do you drink? ___ 0, <1 ___ 1-2
___ 3-4 ___ 5-6
___ >6

3. Do you ever go to Starbucks? ___ Yes ___ No

4. How would you rate the coffee quality at Starbucks?

___ Excellent
___ Good
___ Fair
___ Poor

5. Do you think Starbucks supports or cares about the environment?

___ Yes ___ No ___ Don’t know

6. Would you be willing to pay more to help the environment?

___ Yes ___ No

7. Do you think Starbucks treats its workers well?

___ Yes ___ No

8. Have you ever eaten any of their desserts? ___ Yes ___ No

9. What is your favorite coffee there? ___ regular coffee
___ café mocha
___ latte
___ ice coffee
___ cappuccino
___ frappucino
___ other (name)

10. Why do you think Starbucks became very popular?

Starbucks

In this article, the author talks about the three friends who decide to make a business, but they did not know yet what kind of business they will start. After that, they decided to bring a good quality of coffee, because in the past the U.S. had awful coffee. They went to Europe to buy dark coffee which was very different from American coffee. They have began to open coffee shops in Seattle. Finally, Starbucks became very a popular coffee shop in the world and it now has 5,689 outlets in 28 countries.

In my opinion, life has a lot of chances, but some people do not get them and some people get them like the Starbucks' owners. It was very a good idea to start a business with friends and to share with them information and experience. Also, any businesses now need money to start and they handle this problem by making business with three friends. Now, Starbucks has delicious coffee, and high quality coffee. Finally they have nice service and a popular coffee shop.

Faisal Alshabanat
News talk
Mr. Leverett

We can find strabucks anywhere in the world

Do you know how many Starbucks stores in the world? There are more 12,440 stories in the United States and other countries. Really, it is good company for coffee in the world.

By Ahmed Alotaibi

Starbucks

This article is talking about the history of Starbucks and how Starbucks could become very successful. In 1971, three friends establised Startbucks.Then, they worked together to improve Starbucks and they traveled to Europe because they wanted to discover alot of kinds of coffee. Morover, those days Starbucks has become a very populr coffee in the world.

In my opinion, really i like Starbucks, i can find my favorite coffee inside it and also people who work at Starbucks have good service. Also, it arrtacts a lot of people because i think we can good coffee. Moreover, we can find Starbucks in most countries in the world. Furthemore, Starbuck has a lot of a advantages. First, we can use a special card to buy coffee. Second, we can find wireless inside it. Third, Starbucks teaches employees how can they deal with customers, for example it teaches them how to remember customers names. Therefore, most people like Starbucks; however, it is very expensive.


Ahmed Alotaibi

Who cares for a green latte at Starbucks?

In this article, the author states that environmentalists are attacking Starbucks because it is a successful capitalist company. The first argument against Starbucks is that it buys “Not Fair Trade Coffee”. It means that it pays a very low price for its coffee that makes plantation workers to live in a poor condition. The second argument environmentalists used, is that Starbucks uses not organic milk for its latte. According to them the processed milk is related with cancer and is unhealthy. The third reason why greens attack Starbucks is that it uses genetically engineered products. However, the author thinks that Starbucks managers commit a mistake accepting the environmentalists’ demands because they are supported by inexact information and lies.

I think that environmentalists are looking for a healthier life and enterprises that accept their requirements show their interest in human wealth. In this Starbucks example, the manager introduced some changes in their products because they were compatible with company’s values. Hence, the improvements they made should be accepted for their clients. However, I don’t agree with environmentalists to pressure an enterprise to sale only not genetically engineered products, because is the customer who should decide what does he want to buy and at what price.

Juanita
EAP2 B

Starbucks Voyage of Success

This article talked about how Starbucks became a success. Three good friends started their new business idea, a coffee shop. But in 1971 it seems not a good idea to open a coffee shop. But they decided to keep selling it and put another new ideas in their coffee. They are not just selling coffee, but also quality. And they treat their staff very well, because staff needs to make good coffee and provide good service to customers. Now Starbucks has 5,689 outlets in 28 countries; that means they make a lot of money, and people really accept it. They still try to make new things in Starbucks and try to make it better. That’s why it can be successful.

I know Starbucks in Taiwan, but I never bought it. They are too expensive, but I saw a lot people buy from them. Since I came to the U.S. and I saw more people go to buy Starbucks, that’s really interesting, because you can buy some cheap coffee powder or coffee tins. But people choose Starbucks; they really make good coffee. You can ask them to put or take out anything you want, like customized coffee. I never bought it, but someone bought it for me. It’s really good. So I want to learn how they did it. Coffee idea can turn into a big business; these guys are very smart.

EAP2 Section B – News Talk
Project - Starbucks
11/09/2007
Henry

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