I don't know about you..but I have no shame in my love for Starbucks coffee...and you shouldn't either!!!
"It happens millions of times each week – a customer receives a drink from a Starbucks barista – but each interaction is unique." -Starbucks
Starbucks offers more than
just coffee products - they offer amazing services and a memorable experience.
Starbucks consistently offers free Wi-Fi, tables to sit at along with multiple outlets, and a smiling employee to greet you.Whether it’s your name handwritten on a cup, or a video camera through the drive thru…Starbucks knows how to be personable with customers. They also satisfy their employees by calling them "partners" and provide them with competitive hourly wages, health benefits, and stock options.
If that won't convince you that Starbucks is a great company...maybe these facts will:
1. They have grown by an average of at least two stores every
day for the past 27 years.
2. They plan to open 3,400 locations in China by 2019.
3. They offer 36,000 possible Frappuccino combinations.
4. They offer two additional cup sizes that aren’t listed on the menu – the 8- ounce “short” and the 31 ounce “trenta”.
5. They help pay for full-time employees’ housing in China.
6. Their logo used to be brown but was changed to green in 1987.
7. They spend more money on employee health care than on coffee beans each year.
8. In late 2013, Starbucks sold limited-edition gold cards with actual gold in them.
9. They have solo round tables to make people feel less lonely.
10. Their average customer visits the store about 6 times a month.
11. They have a "10-minute" rule. The rule requires each store to open its doors 10 minutes before the posted time and close 10 minutes following the closing time.
I have always been a Starbucks lover...even before I read these facts - so I am going to choose to continue to be "Basic."
If "Basic" is accepting quality coffee and quality service then thats what I want to be :)
