Caffeinate With Care - Free Starbucks Coffee This Morning

In what can only be an effort to further enslave Americans to the evil delights of caffeine, sugar (or sugar substitute), and milk, Starbucks is giving out free coffee this morning between 10AM-12PM. And it's not just free coffee at stores - they are using "Venti Vans" and those coffee backpacks to java junkies up. And if you're a union-supporter, don't feel bad about drinking up Starbucks' largesse (in fact, maybe you want seconds) - if you check out Starbucks Union, you can see what baristas are trying to do, and the workers essentially got a win in the dispute with the coffee chain that made it to the National Labor Relations Board.

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By Jen Chung in Food on March 15, 2006 8:51 AM

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james

hear what the big man has to say about it. http://68.178.174.134/BigMan/sStarbucks_01_06.wmv
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sperryhall

It has been remarked that Starbucks is not in the coffee business; they are in the milk business. They don't charge $5 for coffee. They charge $5 or $6 for a shot of espresso and a cup of milk plus foam and whatever else makes them have more calories than a Big Mac.

Toby

I never got the whole coffee thing. It tastes horrid, yet some people are willing to pay $5.00 a pop for it when it costs about 50¢ to make it. It is a nice scam.