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Operator
Quick Starbucks! What am I Thinking?

OK, so this is getting a little creepy.

Creepy but cool all in the same breath mind you.

First off...WARNING: Wipe any inappropriate thoughts from your mind when you enter a Starbucks. Your mind is about to be invaded.

It was announced that Starbucks was teaming up with…

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Added by Ty Sullivan on August 8, 2012 at 5:30am — 1 Comment


Non-Operator
Look Who Else Jumped on the Low Calorie Band Wagon

Applebee’s was one of the first chain restaurants to start offering low calorie options with their Under 550 Calorie Menu, since them we have seen low calorie menu sections pop on various menus across the country.  Here are a couple of the latest low cal players:

 

Carl’s Jr,’s Turkey Burger

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Added by Alyson Mar, RD on July 27, 2011 at 2:29pm — No Comments


Operator
More of The Beatles Take on Customer Service: BECAUSE



Yeah I was the 5th Beatle until they got tired of me screaming…

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Added by Ty Sullivan on January 4, 2011 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

Social media factoid (top chain social media restaurant brands)

According to respondents in Technomic's recent Leveraging Social Media & Mobile Technologies survey, the Top 3 chain restaurant brands that consumers are currently connected with on social media platforms are:…

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Added by Erik Thoresen on June 21, 2010 at 11:47am — No Comments

Notable Brand Social Media Marketing Examples

Looking for examples of companies leveraging Social Media for Marketing? Here you go!



The list that Mashable's Peter Kim put together with over 20 Social Media tools to consider with notable brand… Continue

Added by Amanda Hite on July 14, 2009 at 5:07am — 2 Comments

Starbucks Gold (Black) Card - $25 to them, Not to You



Just call me stupid for being sucked into an ingenius marketing promotion without reading the small print. I recently purchased the Starbucks Gold card, which is actually black, for $25.00. Thinking $25.00 would also go on the card as a credit, just like the non-black/gold cards. WRONG. I bought it because I was willing to give Starbucks the use of my money, interest free, in exchange for their keeping me as a customer and my loyalty would… Continue

Added by Michael L. Atkinson on March 9, 2009 at 11:41am — 9 Comments

Starbucks to settle NLRB case in Michigan

This story was plucked from Associated Press, but powerful enough to re-post nonetheless.



NEW YORK - Starbucks Corp. said Wednesday it will settle a dispute with the National Labor Relations Board over a Michigan barista who said he was fired for participating in union activities.



The settlement allows Starbucks to avoid an administrative trial that was scheduled to begin today. More of the story



As many of… Continue

Added by Michael L. Atkinson on January 8, 2009 at 3:41pm — No Comments

What your barista won't tell you

I went to a Taco Bell the other day… ok there I said it, I went to Taco Bell and the funniest thing happened to me, no I didn’t get screwed in the drive thru as Joe Pesci so eloquently put it. What happened was this: after placing my order I noticed a miniature trash receptacle on the counter; when I say miniature I mean it stood about 6 inches from top to bottom. There was a sign on the micro trash can that said if I made you smile please leave a tip. Oh give me a break! Is that what it’s come… Continue

Added by Stanley E. Roberts on October 11, 2008 at 9:59am — 4 Comments

Starbucks Switches To Hormone-Free Milk

by Justin Thomas, TreeHugger.com



Starbucks has announced that it is moving forward with its long-promised plans to serve only milk produced by cows free of the artificial hormone known as rBGH (recombinant bovine growth hormone).

According to the company, all of its core dairy products (fluid milk,

half and half, whipping cream and eggnog) are now…

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Added by Mark McKellier on January 21, 2008 at 2:40am — 5 Comments

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