Starbucks To Announce "Something Big" Next Tuesday

On Friday, Starbucks announced on their official website that they were planning something "Venti Big" (har) for all customers who stop by their store on Tuesday, April 8.

From Starbucks Gossip:

Starbucks says it's "doing something big" at noon next Tuesday. What is it?

"We can't tell you what's going to happen because that'll ruin the surprise," says Starbucks' website. To heck with surprises; we want to know now. Anyone?

Comments

[TheJibreelaMonsters]

stop serving those nasty sandwiches

[hippybaby1970]

a well made cup of FOLGERS is just as good to me as the pretentious swill they serve.

[1Greensix]

Their house blend tastes like the crap my grandfather used to make after Grandma died. I say they start with a good cup of coffee. Price it about $0.75 a cup. Use Common English terms. Say "latte" only when the clerk's native language is Italian. Throw out the chairs used by deadbeats and bring in ice cream freezers. Offer sandwiches at neighborhood, not market, prices based on NYC markets. Get real. Or. Go out of business. I couldn't care less either way since I've never had a good cup of coffee there yet.

[escapee]

LMAO @ 1Greensix! Love the reference to your grandfather's coffee! I can relate! All other points are right on target!

[mlaiuppa]

Noon on Tuesday?

Sorry, but I WORK for a living.

[Triangle1]

Just go to Mcdonald's and get one of their new iced coffees. For about $2 you can get a delicious hearty drink. Less than half the price, and no tip necessary.

[strifeknot]

McDonald's iced coffees are good, but they're 99% ice. You're paying $2 for a couple ounces of drink.

[giam]

Here's the business model: burn the coffee and call it flavor, promote it with product placement in every film or video ever produced, and charge outrageous prices.

[barriosbabe]

Good coffee comes from great quality beans properly roasted. Fourbucks does neither (my hubby is a roaster). Peets is okay.

[venicesurfer]

my friend told me.

fresh coffee every day. not packaged grinded coffee bags. freshly brewed every 30mins. coffee wont be older then 2 weeks from the farms.

also, freshly baked pastries delivered every morning.

[mlaiuppa]

You mean there were selling day old pastry?

[gingerkida]

i'd be more impressed if they started serving fair trade coffee! but then they'd have to be socially conscious, and where's the fun in that?

[barriosbabe]

Starbucks is not about coffee, it's about confection (sugar, vanilla, wifi, etc). What you said wouldn't help because they will continue to use cheap beans, over-roasted aka the double whammy of bad business. Also, so called fair trade is not always the best for 3rd world farmers plus the guideline for "organic" will become so diluted it won't mean crap.

[klandish]

My entire identity is wrapped up in Starbucks. From the creamy interior colors with an occasional dark wood accented with bright hue to the super hot retro and cutting edge CD collection. Not to mention the false size cup labels and the coffee so expensive it convinces me I'm having the paramount experience.

[venicesurfer]

also, fresh bakery style pastries everyday.

enjoy.

[venicesurfer]

ok, brace yourself. my friend who is a supervisor at starbucks told me what the surprise is.

fresh coffee. no older then 2 weeks from the farms. starbucks will be brewing new coffee every 30 minutes as opposed to every hour. it'll be freshly scooped coffee, not packaged grinded coffee bags like it was before. i think also a new pastry.

basically fresh coffee is the big announcement. and i still dont give a shit about it. just thought i'd ruin the surprise.

great marketing strategy though.

[venicesurfer]

my friend works at sbux and told me what it is. but, i was drunk at the time so now i forgot.

[umen]

Peet's (THE ORIGINAL, and Starbucks' major and WAY BETTER competitor) just celebrated their 40th birthday by giving away a 1/2 lb of beans when you buy a lb. I got in on that. Anything less than that is just an insult to Starbucks' patrons).

[BobSF94117]

I bet this time they're going to close for SIX hours!!!!

[fraziersview]

they are going to start brweing an upscale house blend that will always be availbe in addition to the coffees off the week and the specialty items.

[realitycheck7]

be afraid, be very afraid