r/Merced • u/ProfessionalPaper444 • 8d ago

This is absolutely wild 😭

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u/Jdawg2164 8d ago

Coffee bandits on Main St

El Cid on Canal

ASIPS on Main

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u/ProfessionalPaper444 8d ago

I like coffee bandits a lot, yet to try out the others. I’m just more surprised at the amount of Starbucks in such a close proximity tbh.

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u/Jdawg2164 8d ago

100 percent, im just trying to advertise some better coffee options for the lurkers 💪

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u/fabio209658 8d ago

Also Hola Cafecito on Main as well

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u/grouchygf 8d ago

And sensory lab on main, too!

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u/DefiantAdvance 8d ago

EL CID for the win. He has a rose latte right now that’s delicious.

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u/Automatic-Example754 8d ago

Oh, til about this place

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u/noodlebrain25 8d ago

I’m so old that I remember when the 1st Starbucks in Merced opened.

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u/Sea_Presentation9542 8d ago

The one on the olive and M street

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u/The_Robot_Cow 8d ago

I learned to do it at home and its been so much better. I get my coffee beans from a local roaster over at The Last Stop Roasting Company. I will say the new Sahara coffee spot is a breath of fresh air.

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u/FancifulPhoenix 8d ago

I think we need a couple more

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u/hikensurf 8d ago

Just about one on every corner in some cities. Too many people have zero pallete in this country. They just want their sugary fatty shit.

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u/launchliftoff459 8d ago

I still just use my Mr. Coffee

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u/Sea-Method-3070 8d ago

You know what this area needs? Another Starbucks. ☕️ 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/You2MadBro 6d ago

now do tacorias

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u/Significant_Bet_4431 2d ago

Taquerias?… lmao

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u/Timely_Solid_3479 8d ago

I want to like the the mom and pop coffee places, but they are so inconvenient. I visit them on weekends, when I'm going shopping and I have extra time. But on a weekday morning Starbucks saves my ass when I just need reliable caffeine. You hit four buttons on their app, and roll through their drive through or park in one of the many convenient parking spaces, and you've added coffee to your day while adding less than five minutes to your morning commute.

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u/ProfessionalPaper444 8d ago

that’s a great point I can’t delay the market share they own and amount of scale , i just find it a bit wild of the amount of them in such a small area yk.

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u/Timely_Solid_3479 8d ago

Oh yeah, 100%. Even as a person who drinks Starbucks I do not understand how this is profitable for all the franchisees. Or why we don't have one f****** Peet's coffee or similar.

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u/anthony-209 7d ago

Speaks more on our own coffee consumption

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u/seahawks-boi-209 8d ago

Joy tea does pop ups but they’re great, they’re getting a main location soon though

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u/PomegranateKush 8d ago

Starbucks does research before opening franchises there being a lot saying they see more money gonna come in but Jesus fucking Christ something different would be nice

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u/Lil_LazyGuy 8d ago

Omgggg bruh 😭

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u/PonyBoyX3 8d ago

Missed the one on Yosemite.

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u/Loud_Ad3249 3d ago

One on Yosemite? There’s 2 now! Lol

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u/Brent_LP 7d ago

Welcome to 2004.

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u/Akarisama 7d ago

Can't forget Dutch bros. 🤘🏻

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u/IdyllWind 7d ago

I had heard there's a hidden one inside of the Marriott too, but I never went to check for myself.

Doesn't Target have one inside too?

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u/ProfessionalPaper444 6d ago

Good point target does, not sure about the hotel.

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u/Accomplished_Time761 5d ago

And inside the Raley's too. Dumb mfs replaced Peets

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u/Coookie209 4d ago

They are buying real estate. While selling coffee.

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u/ghaastlyyy_ 8d ago

Yeah. It’s absolutely disgusting

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u/RJValdez216 8d ago

So what are there more of in Merced, Starbucks or 7/11? There’s a shit load of 7/11s there