In what market?
They've seriously struggled in Australia-there's a few stores here and there-mostly confined to large shopping centres, but they're not popular and I believe they were down to single-digit number of stores a few years ago.
They've seriously struggled in Australia-there's a few stores here and there-mostly confined to large shopping centres, but they're not popular and I believe they were down to single-digit number of stores a few years ago.
Hands-down best coffee I had in the Oz, though, was in Perth (Northbridge area). There was a tiny hole in the wall coffee shop next to a spice market that was amazing.
If the rest of the Oz is like either of those 2 locales, I can see why S-bux would fail.
But Starbucks has its place. I stopped at a few in Japan to give the family a chance to sit down and not feel rushed to keep moving. You can charge your phone or your laptop and relax.