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Monday, September 25

The evil-empire strikes again!

Starbucks gives local prices a jolt
Calgary Herald

Calgarians are getting a taste of inflation. Grande.

Starbucks coffee chain is raising its prices by five cents across North America - but, here in Calgary, the hike will be up to three times higher.

Beginning October 3, patrons in Alberta will pay between 10 and 15 centrs more for their drinks.

A Starbucks spokeswoman pointed to rising costs for fuel, energy and wages in Alberta to explain the price hike.

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So the $3.45 I already pay for a grande sugar-free vanilla nonfat no whip extra hot steamed milk (what a pretentious sounding drink) will now be $3.60? Fuck-a-duck.

Posted by Bella at 5:57 PM#
1 comments

1 Comments:

A drop in a cup.
$0.15 times a mean of 12 drinks per hour per location (allowing for a midday slump) times 10 hours times 67 locations in Calgary times just 360 days equals $434,160 per year. That's lots of float-room for shipping costs.

By Anonymous, at 9/26/2006 3:08 PM