Comments on: Forget Brown, Starbucks is the future… http://bucf.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/forget-brown-starbucks-is-the-future/ This is the Birmingham University Conservative Future Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: brigidjones http://bucf.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/forget-brown-starbucks-is-the-future/#comment-7794 brigidjones Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:47:51 +0000 http://bucf.wordpress.com/2007/12/30/forget-brown-starbucks-is-the-future/#comment-7794 I used to work in a coffee shop. It was a local one which employed about eight staff in total, served tea and coffee as well as locally baked breads, pasties, buns and so forth. It was popular in our town centre for over twenty years and had a glowing reputation. The Starbucks opened a stones throw away. My little coffee shop was forced out, to be replaced by a "3" store. And the town is two shopping units closer to becoming a clone of every other. I used to work in a coffee shop. It was a local one which employed about eight staff in total, served tea and coffee as well as locally baked breads, pasties, buns and so forth. It was popular in our town centre for over twenty years and had a glowing reputation.

The Starbucks opened a stones throw away. My little coffee shop was forced out, to be replaced by a “3″ store. And the town is two shopping units closer to becoming a clone of every other.

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