Don't kick yourself too hard! Over 90 per cent have the same thoughts. I knew about Bitcoin when some 'crazy people' were giving away bits of paper with massive numbers on them that represented Bitcoin - for FREE! You know the rest....
You should have gotten free bean stock grants just for being a partner. I worked there for six years and cashed out my grants when I left and had enough money to finish paying off my car loan :)
Starbucks was also one of the first businesses to provide Wi-Fi access to its customers, hence the sheer number of businesspeople and frustrated writers in its stores
basically what i do in my day to day life is to keep things just about as plain and simple (yet also straight to the point) as they most possibly could be and if that involves or requires such a valued response such as a lucky guess as to why a highly skilled individual would leave such a question open to the discussion of an open ended open forum domain i.e. a la the realm de la youtube a home for culturally depraved animals left to toil in their mortal coils plagued by electromagnetic hallucinations being force fed to them by a politically correct algorithm designed to have you lmao in silence
Even The Simpsons busted on the prevalence of Starbucks. Bart went to the mall to get his ear pierced and every other store is a Starbucks. The guy in the ear piercing place tells him to make it quick because his shop is becoming a Starbucks in 5 minutes. He walks out with a diamond earring and a latte and every store in the mall is now Starbucks.
is no one going to comment that he's 614 on the list of richest people on the planet and he's sitting on 4.6 billion? like he's a billionaire and there's still 613 more people that are richer than him.
Liberty Prime I think it has to do with size at Starbucks. For example their small is called "tall" instead. Why no one could explain that to you I don't know.
Not a coffee guy either. There's a Starbucks popping up in my part of the city. Thought it was supposed to be the McDonald's of coffee. Gets the job done, but that's about it.
I don't even think it's so much marketing but simple word of mouth and reputation. Starbucks doesn't even have good coffee, as evidenced by various blind taste tests. They're popular because of the image and brand name that people want to be associated with.
The world started making everyone wake up earlier and earlier, with everyone being tired, Howard Schultz stepped into the game offered everyone energy, the key to life. Same with the 5 hour energy ceo.
I'm surprised Company Man never explained how Starbucks got big in the early 90s by making coffee "trendy" and a kids' hangout by reducing the coffee volume in a drink and then piling the sugar and cream. Essentially Starbucks turned coffee into soda.
Redrally - Sigh....here comes the (coffee) snob. Or just a snob, who hates when people like what they don’t like. Starbucks basically created a market for “gourmet” coffee in the US. As this video literally explained, the original founders had to drive to Canada in order to find a good cup, and they were living in a modern city at the time. For many Americans, Starbucks was their first introduction to the gourmet coffee culture that existed in Europe. It’s not exactly the same, of course...but the idea of a non-alcoholic “third place” (away from work and home) to hang out and drink coffee was new.
@@ClockworksOfGL Why yes I am a coffee snob, how did you know? Also, I live in central Europe at the moment, so while I appreciate Starbucks introduced a new culture to America...it's something else to see it explode someplace where it's not needed. And I'm not talking about my UK home
@@RAYM.MONTERO-yw4cj I don't know...he turned a small business into a multi-billion dollar empire. The current President has had business failures, and is worth a lot less than Schultz. Maybe not even a billionaire as he is so afraid of having his finances displayed.
I heard my favorite Starbucks joke back in the days when they were expanding by opening locations in places like hotels, airports... and sometimes even other restaurants. "Have you heard the latest? Starbucks is opening a new location... inside a Starbucks!"
Please do some media companies, software or social networks. You could also start a series for people, the richest businessmen, youngest entrepeneurs, etc. That would be motivational on a more personal level.
@@companyman114 I think he's just ranting about the prices. In Mexico it's really expensive and people see it as dumb and unnecessary so mostly, kids that wanna seem rich go to Starbucks here.
Starbucks has been called both a "necessary evil" & a "cancer" in Seattle, buying up all the little cafes they put out of business, but lately the tables have been turning & they have more competition than ever. Starbucks seems to appeal more to people who like "strong brews" "cold brews" & aren't interested in variety, while everyone else is experimenting with a wider range of flavors like Lavender.
As someone who's worked at Starbucks for like 3 years, I'm kinda starting to hate it. Maybe it's just where I'm working, but the entire company has really seemed to go down in terms of quality. The training kinda sucks now, a majority of the people I work with are just high schoolers who need their first job, and having a drive thru + an insane amount of customers means they care way more about how fast you are than how good you are. It's just kinda the cafe equivalent of fast food at this point. Benefits are still kinda decent tho.
Once again as always a GREAT video..Also i agree with other peoples comments that you should do a video about when you started till now.How you subs grew and views..I sure i am not the only person who would find that very interesting..Keep up the great job you are doing
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@@fearsin5513 1. "Androids" is a very subjective term. $2,000 dollar phones run Android, but so do $50 burner phones. You could have the best phone in the world, or you could have a crappy one. Android is an OS, not a phone. 2. That's an unnecessary amount of emojis, and it detracts from your argument.
My town has two Starbucks literally six blocks from each other, on the same road, with a third one in between, on the college campus. Starbucks is ridiculous, but then I don't drink coffee.
walk around downtown Seattle. There's a few places where there are 2 literally on the same block. Even in Bellevue, I was sitting in one on lunch... looking out the window at the one at the other end of the strip mall. And both had about the same number of people in them.
It was the intention of Howard Shultz to expand as fast as possible because he knew he was offering a product that is easily gets duplicated by competitors
I love Starbucks, but I can't drink the coffee anymore. Just not great quality compared to roasts from Latin America directly. That being said, I always feel like I can find something I like at Starbucks!
Here in Ireland (of all places) Starbucks isn't on every corner. It's usually located in bus, train and, plane stations and terminals. Local coffee cafes have street locations. Personally, I don't think it's good coffee anymore, and being an old coot, resent paying $3.00 for a cup of black coffee (now known as "coffee Americano" with no refills.
As a current barista at Stbux, in so glad I'm there. Good benefits, free stock, and a nice environment. One thing you failed to mention was that Howard's coffee place was called Pike's Place which is now our homebrew. :D
@@MegaThrasher95 Hey, thanks man. I dunno how having a personal opinion or having not so great experiences at Starbucks makes me an amazing person, but that's awesome!
I was living in Fresno CA in 2004. The Fresno Mall had two starbucks inside of it one at each end, a starbucks in the parking lot, and a starbucks across the street from it.
They recently opened a Starbucks Reserve Rostery here in Milan and now I find out that the initial idea came out from a trip in this city.. this is a full circle I guess (btw the cappuccino has nothing more/better with respect to the one you can find in any bar in Milan, but it cost 5 times more, that's crazy)
Your videos are very good...great research and very well produced. Been in business for 35 years, and I still learn something new every day. Thanks, and keep up the good work! PS, if you ever do a story on BK, it will be wild...I. can help if you do!😉👍
Over the last 2 decades, a key reason for how Starbucks got so huge was its decision to enter China. It opened its first store in China in 1999, and singlehandedly created a market for coffee in a country with thousands of years of history drinking tea. They were massively rewarded with handsome profits every year, and by the end of 2022 there were 6019 stores in China, accounting for 17% of its total stores.However Starbucks has been declining in China over the last few years due to factors such as China's zero covid policies as well as the rise of other coffee chains such as Luckin Coffee and Manner Coffee taking market share. Considering other headwinds it faces globally such as bad press from its anti-unionising efforts etc, the company's outlook is far from rosy. I made a UA-cam video about Starbucks' fall and Luckin's rise in China due to their contrasting business strategies and the different effects they experienced from the pandemic disruptions as a result of different business models, might be useful to you.
The problem with starbucks now is the new guy who's taken over after Howard left doesn't prioritize quality anymore. As a barista for starbucks for a couple years now I have really seen the change. It's sad. Everything from breakfast sandwich size and quality to not putting vanilla (trust me it really helps the flavor) in our hot chocolate anymore. Everything is slowly getting worse there.
I kind of was looking forward to you roasting Starbucks for opening a bunch of stores in Australia but then realising that they're all coffee snobs and being forced to close a bunch down shortly after 😂
I find it amazing how Starbucks is able to charge so much when you can go to a coffee roaster and get a fresh cup for roughly the same price but way better. It would be like McDonalds charging burger restaurant prices.
They're massive because they're located in Barnes and noble book stores also. We have 1 in the book store and also there's a convenient drive thru one 2 blocks down however you can go in and order also.
When you come to Washington State, it's like how there are McDonald's literally every other block. But, replace that with coffee shops. Hello from coffee land!
Coffee and it's 'waking' benefits have been advertised and heralded for practically all of Western Civilization since the Industrial revolution. I sell old Coffee memorabilia and my dad collected this stuff for almost 50 years. The interesting thing about Old Coffee items isn't just their professed 'waking ability' but their diverse nature in early mercantilism. Most every mom-and-pop grocery store had their very own brand coffee back in the day and there were other brands. Starbucks is another signal of the ultimate and unfortunate conglomeration of an industry that used to be more diverse and lively than it is now. I would love to see you do a video on early Industrial Revolution mercantilism that included so many.
There's also a little "rise, fall, and rise again" to the Starbucks story. According to one of my business classes, they almost went bankrupt during the rapid expansion, all because they didn't have good control over waste and materials ("ruined that drink, dump" and "whoops, too much coffee, poor out the excess" sorts of things). Then they were saved by better training and tools to make precise measurements.
I don't go to Starbucks, but I've always wondered about the fallout of their decision to publicly announce that loitering was allowed and that the restrooms were all public. I've heard complaints from some people about how that worked out, but it doesn't really seem to have impacted their popularity, which is surprising because you'd expect the consumers of a high-priced premium brand to want to maintain a sense of exclusivity around it.
I feel like a lot of the snooby customers get their coffee to go so they aren't really going to be affected by the possible increase in loitering. I feel like lots of their most loyal customers rarely set foot inside of the building and mainly use drive through
Not true! Were you at a licensed store in a supermarket? That’s why. At licensed stores they only have the 150 star reward but at corporate locations they have the tiers. I’m a manager at one :)
@@madisoncallaghan Check again! It used to be the best deal for 50 stars since it was considered a 'bakery' item (like a morning bun or muffin), but very recently they bumped it up into the 150 star tier like the 'breakfast sandwiches'. This is at a dozen or more corporate stores in Michigan.
@@justinwalker5274 darn I'm so sorry that happened over there. I work in Seattle and it's still definitely a 50 star thing here. I didn't realize they would change things at a district level or state level that sounds like so much more work than a national standard
As a barista with SBUX, the company was amazing while Schultz was the CEO. Then he stepped down and things kind of started going down hill. He stepped back up to fix it, but once he retired again, things just started getting bad again. SBUX truly did start out as a company that cared about coffee, the employees, and its customers as people, but now it feels like they're more about making money and it's so disheartening to see when I know SBUX used to be such a great place to work :(
The hidden factor here is that the margins for this kind of business are INSANE. They get people to pay $4-$7 for a quarter's worth of coffee et al, and that's a beautiful thing. That's how they were able to expand so fast. Any given location can turn a profit with very little in sales. Of course, if you have the RIGHT location, the money you make could choke a horse.
9:46 when I was in college, people were excited to see Starbucks opening on campus. Now I know it’s all because of a merger. It’s kind of funny in hindsight.
In Canada Tim’s locations are more than double Starbucks. Approximately 3800 to Starbucks 1500. Those "Starbucks on every corner" even locations across from each other jokes apply to Tim Horton's here in Canada. There's one intersection in my city that between a full fledged store and satellite store(in a gas station) there is a Tim Horton's on every corner! And within a mile radius, 5 locations!
If you haven't been to the Boston area, you have no idea how much people love DD here. They are all over the place. Starbucks is around, but the locals get their DD every day.
I feel like that's an East coast West coast thing. I'm from Delaware and grew up on Dunkin and was loyal to the brand forever. Now I live in Washington state and it's all Starbucks and little espresso shacks everywhere. I miss Dunkin donuts 😭
Starbucks just opened a store in my small town in the turkish countryside and it’s already packed with teenage girls taking pictures of themselves, the girl working at the counter told me I was the only one who ordered actual coffee that day.
One of my favorite videos you've done. Thanks Company Man for making my day a little bit better. Heading to one of their shops in Charlottesville Virginia to get a Pumpkin Spice Latte. Plus this one in Charlottesville is the only one that has a drive thru. Believe me I look at that drive thru and think you're setting there for 10 to 20 minutes can't you just go in and enjoy your coffee or get it to go without burning your gas tank up.
I quit my job as a Starbucks barista this week, and honestly I don't regret it a single bit. That particular location had 5 managers within 1 year, the turnover rate was astronomically high, morale was low. We were overworked and underpaid. Sure there were health benefits, even for part-time workers, but it costs you your mental health. Oh and homeless people kept pissing on the furniture.
yo sick video and i have no disputes, but starbucks coffee tastes like battery acid and i'm not quite sure why everyone loves it so much (i also used to be a barista at one in my hometown)
Hi again company man! It's me again. I still believe that media companies would be really good videos! Especially warner media, viacomCBS or NBCUniversal/Comcast.
I think so too but I I'm not so sure how the rest of the audience would feel about that. The closest I've gotten recently was talking about AT&T and it didn't go too well.
I'm suprised that you didn't talk about their purchase of Teavana teas and the problem that they are suposedly really bad for your health or the purchase of Clover who manufactured coffee machines for small businesses and then made smaller, independant coffee shops wait longer than before the purchase of clover to get their machines repaired and its even more suprising that you didn't talk about their record label that starbucks owns and plays music from in their stores.
Starbucks makes me think of that Simpsons episode, where Bart gets his ear pierced." "Better hurry. Cause in five (this) place is becoming a Starbucks." *Bart walks out after getting his ears pierced, the entire mall is Starbucks, followed by Bart sipping coffee.* Classic. Much like this channel.
My theory on Starbuck's success is that it has less to do with coffee than with being a great place to socialize. Think about suburban America. There's no place to logically hang out like the equivalent in Europe, where there are literally hundreds of places to go meet friends, chit chat, etc. Starbucks filled that need. It's also a great place to conduct business. I wrote an entire book while visiting Starbucks.
Next video: the rise of company man
I like where it's going.
It involves tactical nukes the fall of 4 small countries and many dead people, but you know what???? He did it!!!!! He has a great channel!!!!!
But then wouldn’t we need a follow up video for the rise, then fall, then rise again? I’d watch it :)
This would be amazing. Needs to happen!!!
1 million subscribers special?
My biggest regret as a Starbucks barista was I didn't purchase stock in 2002
Don't kick yourself too hard! Over 90 per cent have the same thoughts. I knew about Bitcoin when some 'crazy people' were giving away bits of paper with massive numbers on them that represented Bitcoin - for FREE! You know the rest....
Same
@@chome4 what happened? Did it drop?
I'd have guessed your biggest regret was working as a barista for 18 years.... but if that works for you.....
You should have gotten free bean stock grants just for being a partner. I worked there for six years and cashed out my grants when I left and had enough money to finish paying off my car loan :)
Starbucks was also one of the first businesses to provide Wi-Fi access to its customers, hence the sheer number of businesspeople and frustrated writers in its stores
ohhh so thats why productivity is so heavily associated with starbucks!!
*frustrated writers*
Good point.
With Halloween around the corner I’d love to hear more about Spirit Halloween (the pop up costume store)
That sir is a great idea.
dscharlesworth1 thank you sir! You are a gentleman and a scholar
agreed!
I agree. Although idk how big they really are.
Brandon John nobody cares about a costume store da fuck
"Why make billions when we can make . . . millions?"
Microsoft philosophy with Xb.
basically what i do in my day to day life is to keep things just about as plain and simple (yet also straight to the point) as they most possibly could be and if that involves or requires such a valued response such as a lucky guess as to why a highly skilled individual would leave such a question open to the discussion of an open ended open forum domain i.e. a la the realm de la youtube a home for culturally depraved animals left to toil in their mortal coils plagued by electromagnetic hallucinations being force fed to them by a politically correct algorithm designed to have you lmao in silence
@@XenonOrion shut the fuck up
Better hurry up kid, in 5 minutes, this place will be a Starbucks!
A million’s less than a billion, Dipstick.
Even The Simpsons busted on the prevalence of Starbucks. Bart went to the mall to get his ear pierced and every other store is a Starbucks. The guy in the ear piercing place tells him to make it quick because his shop is becoming a Starbucks in 5 minutes. He walks out with a diamond earring and a latte and every store in the mall is now Starbucks.
Lol, classic
Sparkle sparkle!
Here's the clip: ua-cam.com/video/FRz3vfRFfs4/v-deo.html
People still watch the Simpsons unironically?
Don't have a cow man
I disagree. Six hundred and seventeenth really is pretty high on the list of seven billion people.
I was going to comment this very thing. 617 of over seven billion is needle in a haystack level.
I'm not going to lie, It's higher up than me.
is no one going to comment that he's 614 on the list of richest people on the planet and he's sitting on 4.6 billion? like he's a billionaire and there's still 613 more people that are richer than him.
Well. Too bad he is under me. I am at 616
Well he's higher up than I'll ever be that’s for damn sure. Unless. #600 wants to just give me all his money and assets for funsies!
Your title should've been "how did starbucks get so trenta"
Hahaha stupid. I like it
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@@blue_pingu Haha you don't get the joke.🤣
Liberty Prime I think it has to do with size at Starbucks. For example their small is called "tall" instead.
Why no one could explain that to you I don't know.
They don't even sell coffee in Trenta size!!
It’s crazy that it became an $80B business...
Tell that to the south american bean pickerz
@@ChiralSpirals what 3 bucks a day isnt enough for them?!?!?!
@@adamkatt yup...but if those eggs arnt crulety free were gunna have a serious problem😂
They can take their $5 a week and like it! Plenty more poor chumps where they came from.
@@Alexander_l322 you forgot to write that in all caps, IN TRUE ALEX JONES FASHION!
I’m not a coffee guy, so I can’t speak to flavor, portion, or cost. But I see it as mostly ALL just really really great marketing.
You're not wrong on that assessment. They found a niche in the trendy market and jumped on that wave.
Not a coffee guy either. There's a Starbucks popping up in my part of the city. Thought it was supposed to be the McDonald's of coffee.
Gets the job done, but that's about it.
@Jaymie Foureignn I love the smell. But if I drink coffee, I end up pooping all day long. Trust me, nobody wants that!! Ha ha
@@tpnurdle1 you might be lactose intolerant
I don't even think it's so much marketing but simple word of mouth and reputation. Starbucks doesn't even have good coffee, as evidenced by various blind taste tests. They're popular because of the image and brand name that people want to be associated with.
The world started making everyone wake up earlier and earlier, with everyone being tired, Howard Schultz stepped into the game offered everyone energy, the key to life. Same with the 5 hour energy ceo.
That's a scam for sure, energy drinks
Real men run on pure willpower alone
@@jonathano503 lol
@@ryanandrews600 what's funny...?
@@waffleman6.067 huh
I'm surprised Company Man never explained how Starbucks got big in the early 90s by making coffee "trendy" and a kids' hangout by reducing the coffee volume in a drink and then piling the sugar and cream. Essentially Starbucks turned coffee into soda.
Redrally amazing point!
lol
Redrally - Sigh....here comes the (coffee) snob. Or just a snob, who hates when people like what they don’t like. Starbucks basically created a market for “gourmet” coffee in the US. As this video literally explained, the original founders had to drive to Canada in order to find a good cup, and they were living in a modern city at the time. For many Americans, Starbucks was their first introduction to the gourmet coffee culture that existed in Europe. It’s not exactly the same, of course...but the idea of a non-alcoholic “third place” (away from work and home) to hang out and drink coffee was new.
@@ClockworksOfGL Why yes I am a coffee snob, how did you know? Also, I live in central Europe at the moment, so while I appreciate Starbucks introduced a new culture to America...it's something else to see it explode someplace where it's not needed. And I'm not talking about my UK home
Many of their drinks have a coffee bean pass by the cup. I'm not a coffee snob, I just resent not being able to get a dark roast after 11 am.
FYI: Howard Schultz is no longer the CEO of Starbucks. He resigned last year and launched a failed campaign for President of the United States.
Dream on !!!!! It takes more than a cappuccino to be PRESIDENT of the USA !!!!! PLEASE......
Lmfao.
@@RAYM.MONTERO-yw4cj I don't know...he turned a small business into a multi-billion dollar empire. The current President has had business failures, and is worth a lot less than Schultz. Maybe not even a billionaire as he is so afraid of having his finances displayed.
Ling-Ling Gutierrez von Wallenstein IV running a country is different to running a business
@@ghostmemeboi we have plenty of evidence of that daily on the news.
I heard my favorite Starbucks joke back in the days when they were expanding by opening locations in places like hotels, airports... and sometimes even other restaurants. "Have you heard the latest? Starbucks is opening a new location... inside a Starbucks!"
Please do some media companies, software or social networks. You could also start a series for people, the richest businessmen, youngest entrepeneurs, etc. That would be motivational on a more personal level.
I'd like to hear the history of EA Games, before they became one of the most hated companies in America.
Rob Guevara his name is company man
@@tophatring8445 exactly, not MotivationMan
Forever 21 is probably gonna be filed for bankruptcy, can I request that?
I got so big bc they buy 24 cent muffins and sell them for 2,40€ THATS HOW COMPANY MAN THATS HOW
You got big how?
2,40 huh? Dont you mean $2.40
I don't understand the correlation. Wouldn't something like that hold them back?
@@companyman114 I think he's just ranting about the prices. In Mexico it's really expensive and people see it as dumb and unnecessary so mostly, kids that wanna seem rich go to Starbucks here.
@@companyman114 yea exactly. The problem is starbucks only got to the point of cheap wholesale muffins because they were already big.
Starbucks- It was bucks in its name. $
Starbucks has been called both a "necessary evil" & a "cancer" in Seattle, buying up all the little cafes they put out of business, but lately the tables have been turning & they have more competition than ever. Starbucks seems to appeal more to people who like "strong brews" "cold brews" & aren't interested in variety, while everyone else is experimenting with a wider range of flavors like Lavender.
I always feel like it’s my lucky day when I open UA-cam and there’s a new company man!
I'm honored Katelyn.
As someone who's worked at Starbucks for like 3 years, I'm kinda starting to hate it. Maybe it's just where I'm working, but the entire company has really seemed to go down in terms of quality. The training kinda sucks now, a majority of the people I work with are just high schoolers who need their first job, and having a drive thru + an insane amount of customers means they care way more about how fast you are than how good you are. It's just kinda the cafe equivalent of fast food at this point.
Benefits are still kinda decent tho.
I worked at Starbucks for 3 and a 1/2 years while I was in college. And it had its up-and-down. But over all it was a good job.
They've been in India awhile. Hope they're just as committed to quality.
I haven't tried it. Maybe one day.
@@pronoydutta614, it's fuckin expensive when you buy it in India. But once a week is always ok for me.
Once again as always a GREAT video..Also i agree with other peoples comments that you should do a video about when you started till now.How you subs grew and views..I sure i am not the only person who would find that very interesting..Keep up the great job you are doing
The ceo of Salt N Straw was an expansion manager for Starbucks. They blew up as well.
Can you do a video on what happened to circuit city? I keep seeing it in the intro
Luis Burciaga I think Brightsunfilms did a video on it. I hope those two collaborate one day.
Ms Starlight 893 same.
Not to mention the amount of MacBooks are out when you go to one, at least here
I saw one guy with a giant gaming laptop with unicorn barf RGB on it.
Sheeple 🐑 lol
Nicholas L So😠 all of you guys👉 are hating 👎on me because I have an Android📱😍. There's nothing wrong with androids😍😎, we have the best quality and our cameras look the best😎😎😤😤! If you say otherwise and you have an apple IPhone ☎😷😠😡then you're just wrong😤😤😬😬😴! Because we have the best👌 HD and crisp👏 videos📀📀. SO STOP BULLING ME AND MAKING FUN OF ME BECAUSE I HAVE AN ANDROID!!! 😠😠😑😤😤😤
@@fearsin5513
1. "Androids" is a very subjective term. $2,000 dollar phones run Android, but so do $50 burner phones. You could have the best phone in the world, or you could have a crappy one. Android is an OS, not a phone.
2. That's an unnecessary amount of emojis, and it detracts from your argument.
@@kveeder3224 should I tell him
My town has two Starbucks literally six blocks from each other, on the same road, with a third one in between, on the college campus. Starbucks is ridiculous, but then I don't drink coffee.
Me too, I pass few locations I just see young hip adults, college students and normal people. XD
Seattle has 142...
Psh, six blocks? Near my old office there was one literally right across the street from another, and two more within a few blocks.
theres a starbucks, in a grocery store, on the same lot. as a STARBUCKS!
walk around downtown Seattle. There's a few places where there are 2 literally on the same block.
Even in Bellevue, I was sitting in one on lunch... looking out the window at the one at the other end of the strip mall. And both had about the same number of people in them.
How about a video on Sysco, the food supplier for lots of restaurants
Boring.
Sean V ^
I want this
@@seanv1556 You don't want to know where your food comes from?
@@jacobschneider3767 Your mom/)👨❤️💋👨
It was the intention of Howard Shultz to expand as fast as possible because he knew he was offering a product that is easily gets duplicated by competitors
I love Starbucks, but I can't drink the coffee anymore. Just not great quality compared to roasts from Latin America directly. That being said, I always feel like I can find something I like at Starbucks!
Here in Ireland (of all places) Starbucks isn't on every corner. It's usually located in bus, train and, plane stations and terminals. Local coffee cafes have street locations. Personally, I don't think it's good coffee anymore, and being an old coot, resent paying $3.00 for a cup of black coffee (now known as "coffee Americano" with no refills.
As a current barista at Stbux, in so glad I'm there. Good benefits, free stock, and a nice environment. One thing you failed to mention was that Howard's coffee place was called Pike's Place which is now our homebrew. :D
I'm from Oregon and just visited the first Starbuck's in Seattle last week. Funny that I've always considered them kind of a local brand
Honestly not that into Starbucks. I find the drinks to be overpriced and I'm not a big fan of the crowds it attracts.
Ok?
TheGreatMillz
Shit, man. You’re *clearly* a smart person, unswayed by pop culture and public opinion. You’re doing great!
@@MegaThrasher95 Hey, thanks man. I dunno how having a personal opinion or having not so great experiences at Starbucks makes me an amazing person, but that's awesome!
@@MegaThrasher95 Is being a sarcastic dickhead better? :p
I guess it depends where the Starbucks is located. It can get packed certain days but the lines move really fast, especially in the drive-thru.
I don't drink coffee. However, I have always liked that Starbucks is one of the few places you can get a hot chocolate to go.
Umm.... McDonalds, Burger King, Costa, Cafè Nero, Pret, Dutch Bros and every small cafe.
@@Alexander_l322jones, not where I live.
lmao here in germany you can get that everywhere where you can get coffee to go as well
@@tobiastolls126 dang all the coffee shops where I live are stupid and missing out on customers then. They need to step up their game.
I was living in Fresno CA in 2004. The Fresno Mall had two starbucks inside of it one at each end, a starbucks in the parking lot, and a starbucks across the street from it.
They recently opened a Starbucks Reserve Rostery here in Milan and now I find out that the initial idea came out from a trip in this city.. this is a full circle I guess (btw the cappuccino has nothing more/better with respect to the one you can find in any bar in Milan, but it cost 5 times more, that's crazy)
Nobody wants fake coffee there.
Your videos are very good...great research and very well produced. Been in business for 35 years, and I still learn something new every day. Thanks, and keep up the good work!
PS, if you ever do a story on BK, it will be wild...I. can help if you do!😉👍
Over the last 2 decades, a key reason for how Starbucks got so huge was its decision to enter China. It opened its first store in China in 1999, and singlehandedly created a market for coffee in a country with thousands of years of history drinking tea. They were massively rewarded with handsome profits every year, and by the end of 2022 there were 6019 stores in China, accounting for 17% of its total stores.However Starbucks has been declining in China over the last few years due to factors such as China's zero covid policies as well as the rise of other coffee chains such as Luckin Coffee and Manner Coffee taking market share. Considering other headwinds it faces globally such as bad press from its anti-unionising efforts etc, the company's outlook is far from rosy. I made a UA-cam video about Starbucks' fall and Luckin's rise in China due to their contrasting business strategies and the different effects they experienced from the pandemic disruptions as a result of different business models, might be useful to you.
As an Italian I can't but laugh when you put the words "quality coffee and Starbucks" together lol
If he had put "coffee-scented sugar-water" and Starbucks together, that would have been much more accurate.
Same
shut up
As an Aussie (starbucks failed here) I'm laughing with you
I'm a simple man, I go to Wawa for my coffee..... and think about the widening income gap that possibility gave Starbucks a big boost in sales.
Wawa YES
LazyTitan wawa is the most popular convenience store on the east coast you uneducated swine
@@ineffablemars If your education includes the names of regional sugarwater outposts then I pity you.
@@kvltizt nah, I'm just from the east coast and they're on every corner, dick cheese.
Sheetz is better than wawa.
I don't really care about Starbucks or coffee in general i just like the frappuccinos
Can you do a video on Forever21? I heard that they are heading toward bankruptcy
Ruth Whitner that would be interesting:)
I'm not surprised. Their clothes attention worth buying and they're expensive
@Company Man 👀
Looks like Forever21 was more like 35 years 21
I'm watching this video while sipping my coffe in a Starbucks on a business trip in Juárez.
The problem with starbucks now is the new guy who's taken over after Howard left doesn't prioritize quality anymore. As a barista for starbucks for a couple years now I have really seen the change. It's sad. Everything from breakfast sandwich size and quality to not putting vanilla (trust me it really helps the flavor) in our hot chocolate anymore. Everything is slowly getting worse there.
Funny this came out today, evidently the company that delivers the food is on strike. Barely any food left in any Starbucks
They sell food?
Sandwiches, baked goods, stuff like that
They do have a pretty good lemon cake.
Still on strike?
@@FakeAssHandsomeMcGee_ Looks like it, the Starbucks I go to has FedEx delivering food products.
Please make a video about Dunkin'. I'm a big fan of yours from Massachusetts.
The 2 very busy Starbucks in my town just closed down.
I kind of was looking forward to you roasting Starbucks for opening a bunch of stores in Australia but then realising that they're all coffee snobs and being forced to close a bunch down shortly after 😂
To be fair, the video focus was why they're big, not let's highlight silly failures 😂😂
Thank you for enlightening us in the comments 😂
My favorite late 90's joke about Starbucks was from a Simpsons episode, where Bart walks through a mall & EVERY store turned into a Starbucks!
I find it amazing how Starbucks is able to charge so much when you can go to a coffee roaster and get a fresh cup for roughly the same price but way better. It would be like McDonalds charging burger restaurant prices.
They're massive because they're located in Barnes and noble book stores also. We have 1 in the book store and also there's a convenient drive thru one 2 blocks down however you can go in and order also.
When you come to Washington State, it's like how there are McDonald's literally every other block. But, replace that with coffee shops.
Hello from coffee land!
Coffee and it's 'waking' benefits have been advertised and heralded for practically all of Western Civilization since the Industrial revolution. I sell old Coffee memorabilia and my dad collected this stuff for almost 50 years. The interesting thing about Old Coffee items isn't just their professed 'waking ability' but their diverse nature in early mercantilism. Most every mom-and-pop grocery store had their very own brand coffee back in the day and there were other brands. Starbucks is another signal of the ultimate and unfortunate conglomeration of an industry that used to be more diverse and lively than it is now. I would love to see you do a video on early Industrial Revolution mercantilism that included so many.
There's also a little "rise, fall, and rise again" to the Starbucks story. According to one of my business classes, they almost went bankrupt during the rapid expansion, all because they didn't have good control over waste and materials ("ruined that drink, dump" and "whoops, too much coffee, poor out the excess" sorts of things). Then they were saved by better training and tools to make precise measurements.
I don't go to Starbucks, but I've always wondered about the fallout of their decision to publicly announce that loitering was allowed and that the restrooms were all public. I've heard complaints from some people about how that worked out, but it doesn't really seem to have impacted their popularity, which is surprising because you'd expect the consumers of a high-priced premium brand to want to maintain a sense of exclusivity around it.
I feel like a lot of the snooby customers get their coffee to go so they aren't really going to be affected by the possible increase in loitering. I feel like lots of their most loyal customers rarely set foot inside of the building and mainly use drive through
I'm just bummed that they increased the cost of the Ham & Cheese Croissant from 50 stars to 150.
They not even worth 50
Lol I work at starbucks and I’ll eat that whenever I’m hungry! It’s so delicious, definitely one of their best sandwiches.
Not true! Were you at a licensed store in a supermarket? That’s why. At licensed stores they only have the 150 star reward but at corporate locations they have the tiers. I’m a manager at one :)
@@madisoncallaghan Check again! It used to be the best deal for 50 stars since it was considered a 'bakery' item (like a morning bun or muffin), but very recently they bumped it up into the 150 star tier like the 'breakfast sandwiches'. This is at a dozen or more corporate stores in Michigan.
@@justinwalker5274 darn I'm so sorry that happened over there. I work in Seattle and it's still definitely a 50 star thing here. I didn't realize they would change things at a district level or state level that sounds like so much more work than a national standard
As a barista with SBUX, the company was amazing while Schultz was the CEO. Then he stepped down and things kind of started going down hill. He stepped back up to fix it, but once he retired again, things just started getting bad again. SBUX truly did start out as a company that cared about coffee, the employees, and its customers as people, but now it feels like they're more about making money and it's so disheartening to see when I know SBUX used to be such a great place to work :(
I live for that intro 🙃
Make a loop for us!
I can't wait for this channel to explode! Every single video is superb!
The employees at starbucks are always so nice
Agree;
customers not so much.
The hidden factor here is that the margins for this kind of business are INSANE. They get people to pay $4-$7 for a quarter's worth of coffee et al, and that's a beautiful thing. That's how they were able to expand so fast. Any given location can turn a profit with very little in sales. Of course, if you have the RIGHT location, the money you make could choke a horse.
9:46 when I was in college, people were excited to see Starbucks opening on campus. Now I know it’s all because of a merger. It’s kind of funny in hindsight.
In Canada Tim’s locations are more than double Starbucks. Approximately 3800 to Starbucks 1500. Those "Starbucks on every corner" even locations across from each other jokes apply to Tim Horton's here in Canada. There's one intersection in my city that between a full fledged store and satellite store(in a gas station) there is a Tim Horton's on every corner! And within a mile radius, 5 locations!
Tim hortons is worst than Starbucks
The rise and fall of : Fry's Electronics
I love your theme song , I get so happy whenever I hear it , hecka pumped for the knowledge about to be dropped
The only reason why I go to Starbucks is to access free wifi for two hours.
Everyone does this 😀
If you haven't been to the Boston area, you have no idea how much people love DD here. They are all over the place. Starbucks is around, but the locals get their DD every day.
I feel like that's an East coast West coast thing. I'm from Delaware and grew up on Dunkin and was loyal to the brand forever. Now I live in Washington state and it's all Starbucks and little espresso shacks everywhere. I miss Dunkin donuts 😭
Have a nice day everyone!
@D Zuke ummmmmm
Part of it is something that very few talks about now... Namely chasing other companies out of business, especially in malls.
Watching this while drinking my dunkin iced coffee. Ahh
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Watching this while drinking black rifle coffee
Lol anything is better then Starbucks
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I love the Starbucks iced coffee and I have tried their energy drinks as well. Can you do a video about their iced coffee and energy drinks?
I work for Starbucks and now that Howard stepped down (again), everything is going to hell. Sell the stocks within the next year guys lol
If every one on the internet is assumed to be a liar, Is this still technically insider trading?
this man just committed insider trading 🤡🤡🤡
Some barista telling people to sell stock isn't insider trading lol
Don't forget about The Simpsons episode where every store was being converted to a Starbucks. S09E19. That one aired in 1998.
You forgot to mention that they managed to lure tea lovers like myself with their colab (or acquisition of, I don't know) with Teavana.
Starbucks just opened a store in my small town in the turkish countryside and it’s already packed with teenage girls taking pictures of themselves, the girl working at the counter told me I was the only one who ordered actual coffee that day.
It kinda lost it's soul when they went to fully automated espresso machines. Speed and efficiently I guess.
One of my favorite videos you've done. Thanks Company Man for making my day a little bit better. Heading to one of their shops in Charlottesville Virginia to get a Pumpkin Spice Latte. Plus this one in Charlottesville is the only one that has a drive thru. Believe me I look at that drive thru and think you're setting there for 10 to 20 minutes can't you just go in and enjoy your coffee or get it to go without burning your gas tank up.
He's not the CEO these days. He left the company.
Yep.
He's running for president, threatening to spoil the vote if Bernie Sanders gets nominated.
maybe because of that scandal about the 2 dudes who got locked up for not buying anything
@@miguelmejia4656 Uhh no, trust me no one cares about that
He's still board chair and majority shareholder
Starbucks pretty much flopped in Australia and ended up closing heaps of stores. They have only just returned after a good decade of struggling.
In my Marketing class: we're talking about Starbucks
5 mins later: Company Man uploaded: how did starbucks get so big?
Coincidence? I think not
Javier A. Carrillo your teacher is Company Man
@@sparklingmariokart I wish 😂😂
I quit my job as a Starbucks barista this week, and honestly I don't regret it a single bit. That particular location had 5 managers within 1 year, the turnover rate was astronomically high, morale was low. We were overworked and underpaid. Sure there were health benefits, even for part-time workers, but it costs you your mental health. Oh and homeless people kept pissing on the furniture.
yo sick video and i have no disputes, but starbucks coffee tastes like battery acid and i'm not quite sure why everyone loves it so much (i also used to be a barista at one in my hometown)
I love these niche channels; you're one of my favorites! :)
Thanks Vanetta. I'm honored.
“They paid well” maybe THEN but these days they pay like $8 here in the Dallas area lol
Texas is horrible, no living wage like coastal cities.
@@Nicholas-f5 well maybe you ppl be depending on Starbucks to pay your mortgage.
@@Nicholas-f5 And lots of bums.
This video has reignited my interest in this channel, mostly because I just started working for the Starbucks company this last week.
Happy to hear it. How's it been going so far?
Ancient Pagan Fish Goddess Mating Ritual Logo is responsible
They were also smart about their first location. It's in the busiest part of Seattle, right across the street from Pike's Market.
I always get a double chocolaty frappuccino...so good, so sweet
So unhealthy
Great vídeo!! Thanks
I'm from Brazil
It's gotten to the point where certain coffee shops here in Colorado have shirts that say, "SAY NO TO CORPORATE COFFEE" with an edited Starbucks logo
Yeah, I really don't like chain coffeeshops. I try to visit locally owned when possible. Besides, I can't stand Starbucks coffee.
Read Howard Shultz' book "Onward" to learn the ins & Outs/Ups & Downs of everything. Really good read. Super crazy story.
I'd choose a dollar McDonald's coffee over Starbucks any day.
Dang. The McD's coffee is pretty good for the money, but it is terrible compared to Starbucks and Starbucks is often terrible to other coffee places.
They get their coffee from the same supplier 😂
@@elenamorgan1572 Lol deadass?
Jake D haha yeah I used to be a barista and found that out while working there 😂
this is really burger kings biggest issue. They are missing out on all the cool coffee drinks mcdonalds has
Hi again company man! It's me again. I still believe that media companies would be really good videos! Especially warner media, viacomCBS or NBCUniversal/Comcast.
I think so too but I I'm not so sure how the rest of the audience would feel about that. The closest I've gotten recently was talking about AT&T and it didn't go too well.
Okay. Thanks anyway company man! Still love your videos!
I'm suprised that you didn't talk about their purchase of Teavana teas and the problem that they are suposedly really bad for your health or the purchase of Clover who manufactured coffee machines for small businesses and then made smaller, independant coffee shops wait longer than before the purchase of clover to get their machines repaired and its even more suprising that you didn't talk about their record label that starbucks owns and plays music from in their stores.
Starbucks makes me think of that Simpsons episode, where Bart gets his ear pierced."
"Better hurry. Cause in five (this) place is becoming a Starbucks."
*Bart walks out after getting his ears pierced, the entire mall is Starbucks, followed by Bart sipping coffee.*
Classic. Much like this channel.
There's a starbucks along the entirety of the main road in my town
fuck starbucks
Miguel mejia
I mean star bucks is decent but black rifle coffee....
God damn their coffee is addicting
It tastes so good
Miguel mejia it's good
This Howard guy is the like the Ray Croc of coffee. Well done!
My theory on Starbuck's success is that it has less to do with coffee than with being a great place to socialize. Think about suburban America. There's no place to logically hang out like the equivalent in Europe, where there are literally hundreds of places to go meet friends, chit chat, etc. Starbucks filled that need. It's also a great place to conduct business. I wrote an entire book while visiting Starbucks.
Very cool stuff. Some friends dragged me to the original store in Seattle once...kind of interesting but it was a madhouse of selfie taking tourists.