Yesterday, I popped into one of the several hundred branches of Starbucks in Canary Wharf (that is only a slight exageration) for lunch and the lady was preparing a paper cup rather than the usual china mugs.
I squeeked a bit and reminded her that I was eating/drinking in – and she explained that they had managed to run out of mugs, so all customers were getting the take-away cups.
Not an issue frankly, but damn strange that they could “run out” of mugs on what was actually one of their quieter days.
Perhaps due to their poor performance?
Starbucks shares have fallen 50% in the past year as its US sales have slowed
I saw the news coming through on my RSS feeds this morning about the CEO/Chairman job changes – whilst I was sitting in a branch doing some work.
A bit sureal actually.