Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Three about business

1) For such a progressive company, Starbucks sure is taking out the knife in a hurry. Not that it's a bad idea:
Starbucks said the 600 stores are either unprofitable now or are not expected to meet future return thresholds. All of the targeted units are close to another company-operated store, Mr. Bocian said.
That's a euphemism for, um, this:

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2) We all knew this: as organic farming increases, the poor start a-hurting.

3) Looking for a safe investment? What about green stocks? Which, of course, don't appear to be getting popular for trendy reasons so much as they appear to be, um, new ventures in business.

3 comments:

Raphael Alexander said...

Disposable coffee income is going to gasoline. The prelude to the carbon tax at work in our economy. Why buy coffee when you can pack it to work?

Brandon said...

That's Robson and Thurlow, right?

Jarrett said...

You betcha, buddy. And it's not even the only one like that downtown. There are three around the corner from each other around Robson and Granville, a couple on Robson separated by Richards, a couple in adjacent buildings on West Georgia, one in the Pan Pacific which is practically beside the start of Burrard, one in the West End in a Safeway on Davie right beside another Starbucks...