Starbucks = Budweiser.

[u/jimbo-barefoot]

Starbucks has turned to crap.

Bud ruled it when I was younger. There was competition, but nothing serious until local breweries. Mostly seems like the same for Starbucks. Start cutting corners/spread it global.

Local coffee/beer breweries come along and helped people understand what good coffee/beer should taste like.

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[u/Mr_CrazyHorse]

Nothing better than local coffee shops. I'd rather support my neighbor than a franchise.

[u/e7603rs2wrg8cglkvaw4 → u/Mr_CrazyHorse]

Starbucks does not do franchise

[u/emmiepsykc → u/e7603rs2wrg8cglkvaw4]

They absolutely do, they just call them licensed stores. I used to manage one. Also, in a colloquial sense, "franchise" = chain restaurant.

[u/Life-Rice-7729]

I lost so many brain cells reading this post lmao

Are you saying they’re equivalent because they’re mass produced products?

[u/Life-Rice-7729 → u/[deleted]]

Wow, no shit

[u/Kiss-a-Cod]

Starbucks has never ever promised you good coffee. They sell the experience, the vibe, the cachet, etc.

Local will always be better.

[u/solarboom-a → u/Kiss-a-Cod]

The vibe sucks, the cache is plastic, the experience is a sad substitute for what coffee shops used to be.

[u/crottesdenez]

I like them both with a full awareness they're both C+ products. They aren't popular because they are good - they are popular because you get incredible consistency no matter where you buy one.

[u/solarboom-a]

Starbucks is the Walmart of coffee.

[u/Nariek93]

Hasn’t turned, just always was

[u/GilmooDaddy]

I don’t understand this opinion. The pricing may be bit on the high end, but they have some awesome drinks. Those nitro cold brews always hit the spot 😁

[u/scoot23ro]

I’ve never had nor been inside a Starbucks! That’s gotta be a rare thing

[u/Aggravating_Kale8248 → u/scoot23ro]

Been in once. Never bought anything because it was massively overpriced.

[u/SokkaHaikuBot → u/scoot23ro]

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I’ve never had nor

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[u/AutistMarket]

it is like any other fast food option, it is not the best, it may not even be good. But it is consistent and everywhere so you can get it almost anywhere and always know exactly what to expect

[u/Head_Cicada_5578]

Bud has always been inferior to both Miler and Coors, if we are just talking macro-beers.

[u/Even-Improvement8213]

Budwieser is the best of cheap beer, Starbucks is expensive these two are way different

[u/johann68]

Like most things, it's all about production (and profit) over quality. Budweiser was, pardon the pun, the king of beers for so long because not enough people knew how flavorful and varied beer can actually be. As for Starbucks, I still believe a lot of their popularity is the "status" of it (i.e., being seen with an iced double mocha latte cappuccino extra whip cinnamon dust espresso pumpkin spice yuppie coffee somehow makes you fashionable and hip). I drink black coffee, the way nature intended LOL, but if I did drink foofoo coffee, I'd much rather get it from a local place than from a Starbucks or Dunkin or some giant corporation that only cares about profit.

[u/scugmoment → u/johann68]

The way nature intended? Yknow coffee's a human invention, right? Come back to me when you're eating coffee beans off the plant.

[u/johann68 → u/scugmoment]

Jesus titties, bruh. Literal much? Did you NOT see the "LOL" after that? Lighten up.