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I’m kind of surprised post-sales tax nexus Amazon hasn’t bought a coffee chain yet. Starbucks might be too big to do comfortably, but a combination of some higher end local brands (Intelligentsia, Philz, etc) aggregated into some overarching metabrand would be interesting. Let the cafes run everything as they have, with infinite capital available, and focus on providing additional value added services on premise (obv…
I’m kind of surprised post-sales tax nexus Amazon hasn’t bought a coffee chain yet. Starbucks might be too big to do comfortably, but a combination of some higher end local brands (Intelligentsia, Philz, etc) aggregated into some overarching metabrand would be interesting. Let the cafes run everything as they have, with infinite capital available, and focus on providing additional value added services on premise (obv…
When I lived in the states a friend of mine always used to say: “Starbucks sells fat and sugar to people, so their mainly competing against McDonalds” That made a lot of sense to me, and I could understand much better why they would introduce McCafes. Thus I think that this is probably a smart move although a bit late...
I think Costa does more normal teas and coffees rather than milkshakes or whatever you're referring to.
But then McDonalds, I think, already sell more coffee than anyone else in the UK, so I guess they're converging from both directions.
Coca Cola...does it sell that colored water with sugar? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Coca-Cola_brands Gotta love them as a company, if people start buying pet rocks, they'll invest in them. Always moving with the times
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I think Costa does more normal teas and coffees rather than milkshakes or whatever you're referring to.
Costa were in the news for selling a coffee with more calories in it than a double cheeseburger. But then McDonalds, I think, already sell more coffee than anyone else in the UK, so I guess they're converging from both directions.
https://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/georgia-coffee-is-t...
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I think Costa does more normal teas and coffees rather than milkshakes or whatever you're referring to.
Costa were in the news for selling a coffee with more calories in it than a double cheeseburger. But then McDonalds, I think, already sell more coffee than anyone else in the UK, so I guess they're converging from both directions.
Am I the only one that is noticing a lot of BBC articles reaching HN frontpage that have nothing to do with tech?
I’m kind of surprised post-sales tax nexus Amazon hasn’t bought a coffee chain yet. Starbucks might be too big to do comfortably, but a combination of some higher end local brands (Intelligentsia, Philz, etc) aggregated into some overarching metabrand would be interesting. Let the cafes run everything as they have, with infinite capital available, and focus on providing additional value added services on premise (obv…
The Amazon bookstores have a coffee shop inside them
I don't really want to see Amazon become more of a giant sadly, but I hate seeing book stores disappear.