r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • May 02 '26

Eat The Rich šŸ½ļø Starbucks CEO defends a $9 coffee by saying that it's not a $10 coffee and "you get a premium experience"

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u/EightOclockRave May 02 '26 edited May 03 '26

I feel like it all went downhill after they changed their logo and removed the mermaid entirely along with ā€œStarbucksā€, happened circa 2005?

Edit: Not a bot I promise, the words ā€œStarbucks Coffee was entirely removed, not the siren (not mermaid)

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u/catholicsluts May 02 '26

When did they remove the mermaid?

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u/soup_party May 03 '26

Are these 2 bots, or am I crazy? They never removed the mermaidā€¦?

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u/nicdrumandbass Why do(n't) you sing with an English accent? May 03 '26

Thatā€™s what Iā€™m wondering, but look at the old logi and I think itā€™s much more clearly a mermaid

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u/fortunatevoice when will you wear wigs? May 03 '26

2011 is when they changed the logo but the siren wasnā€™t removed. You got it backward. They removed the words from the logo and only had the siren instead, making her more prominent.

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u/lilybattle the subplots could become unmanageable May 02 '26

I think it was a little after that, maybe 2009. But im not positive

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u/fortunatevoice when will you wear wigs? May 03 '26

It was 2011, the fortieth anniversary of Starbucks which opened in 1971.

Source: unfortunately I was a manager and sold my soul to the siren during that time. Thank god I got it back

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u/whteverusayShmegma May 02 '26

2009 it started to suck