WE, it was a conscious strategy, I believe, to surround small independent coffee shops with three SBs, drive the local cafes out of business and then close down two SBs once they have secured the business. We only had one SB locally, before it closed, so I assume the margins were too small re the high rent. Now we have a three-store-front Holland and Barrett waiting to snap up the space, taking on our two small health shops next door. Our local ones have been there since 1974 so I hope they can hold on. Tough times for small shops.
I've also noticed how often various dramas, soaps, etc. now depict their characters clutching Costa/Starbucks or whoever's coffee in their mitts - apparently no problem can be sorted or a crime solved without it. If you watch closely enough ( sad I know ! ) the characters take a sip but they rarely actually swallow the stuff. I suspect the "out takes " would show them spitting the stuff out
Even Game of Thrones 'accidentally' left a coffee cup in one of their shows.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
When your taste buds and salivary glands have been damaged by radiotherapy tap water, ( among other things), taste strange. In my case tap water, flavoured water and any ice cream except vanilla taste of soap.
Well, there’s ‘walking around with a cuppa’ 😊 and there’s walking down the high street, crossing the road and going in and out of shops while trying to drink a takeaway coffee without tripping, slipping and spilling it over yourself and other people whilst also texting your mates to tell them that you’re walking through the town with a coffee .... 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Starbucks... offering spent grounds saves them money. If they can use it as an image booster at the same time then good for them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.