Starbucks is another pig corporation, looking to take more than they give. I will no longer go to Starbucks and I ask every friend and relative to also not go there. It's time someone explained the value of Starbucks, their coffee is not good, their pasteries taste old and should have been thrown out days before.. Can someone please explain the attraction Starbucks has? Is a perpetual boycott in order? I don't own Starbucks stock, I can't time the market well, but I know their stock price is going to fall and fall hard soon, just don't know how to time.

I hate Starbucks coffee as it doesn't taste good. It has too much caffeine. Yes, it is the caffeine that cause addiction and make us keep going back for more. Caffeine is like a drug, once you are hooked on it, you will continue to need it.

I personally do NOT drink coffee. If I have to absolutely have a little bit, I would go for the Vietnamese style or Malaysian style coffee with sweetened condensed milk.

Also I do not care for those stupid pastries at Starbucks. I prefer the Malaysian style "kueh" deserts or the Vietnamese ones.

I personally dislike Starbucks as there is too much caffeine in the coffee. The reason they are popular is because caffeine is like a drug. Once you are hooked on it, you crave for more.

That's why I hardly drink coffee. If I absolutely have to have a little coffee, I would try the Malaysian or Vietnamese style which taste much better with sweetened condensed milk. Moreover, the quantity is smaller too.

I personally don't care for those pastries at Starbucks. I prefer the Malaysian style "Kueh" or Asian style deserts.

I have only been into Starbucks once ten years ago and decided never to go back.

Guys, this is your chance to boycott Starbucks.
Remember the "opium War" in China. It was the colonialists' ideas to get people hooked on opium. Starbucks is now a reincarnation of the Opium to get people hooked on caffeine and to the imperialistic western ways of life.

people go to starbucks becuase its starbucks. what does that mean? Simply, people dont know what good coffee tastes like, they go there because being seen with a cup of starbuck is the next best thing. Starbucks is everywhere, its the nature of the beast, its convenient, and it will due. Sitting here and talking about how its a pig corporation doesn't do anything. Voice your concerns to the corporation turn this pig corporation into an evironmentally sound corp. through thier PR. I mean get them to sponsor and grant events and afterschool programs, they are a money machine and at $4 a latte why not try to get something out of it. Starbucks is around the world. Anything that can be implemented domestically can be implemented globally but it must start at home. So please people stop bickering, catch them doing something wrong, and make it public and watch something will happen. Batdorf and Bronson in Olympia, WA is Americas first 100% green powered coffee roaster. They dont do it to save money they do it becuase they want to becuase its good for both the producers and consumers.

Starbucks in Malaysia is pricy. The food is overpriced too. But Berjaya Corp has done a wonderful job, keeping their shareholders happy. For me, I like the Java Chips Frappucino, but can't afford it unless rewarding urself once a while. (They should employ more hot looking barristas so that I have more reasons to buy) I think Starbucks perfected their recycled manufactured cup in the last few years. This technology has since been adopted by other companies. Anyway, whether Starbucks is alive or notm it's ok, there are other competitors which are equally pricy are in the market which we can grumble abt.

wow, lots of starbucks haters out there. I like drinking coffee at a local shop, not the big chain stores like starbucks. Having said that, I think SB coffee is very good... and their pastries are acceptable... but yes, too pricey for my budget and like I said, I prefer to support the "small guy" coffee shops.

First of all, to say that Starbucks takes in more than it gives out.. Ok, so the company is a FOR-Profit not a NON-Profit. It's the basic concept of capitalism.
Second, Starbucks was the first company to provide a full range of benefits to part time employees. This really means a lot to people who can only work p/t or go to school.
Next, Starbucks makes a significant contribution to the environment, to the farmers and families that produces its coffees and to the communities where their stores are located.

They employ thousands of people at a decent wage.

Its great that you have an opinion, you should just base it on fact rather than feeling.

Ok, I'm a coffee drinker and I sure don't understand what this fuss is about. "Pig corporation"? Why not target other corporations such as your local bank or your nearest book store? Because of your local bank, we have so much access to easy money that will tie us for life. Because of your nearest book store, the smaller ones are finding harder to compete and we are reading the mainstream ones. The list goes on and hey, some of us probably own those stocks too. Sadly, we have to accept the fact the commercialism is here to stay. If the people embrace the Starbucks culture, so be it. They have spoken and it's their choice. What can you do? You gotta roll with 'em punches!