{"id":1912,"date":"2008-02-22T07:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/beans-and-time\/"},"modified":"2008-02-22T07:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-22T12:33:00","slug":"beans-and-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/beans-and-time","title":{"rendered":"Beans and Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s another article on how Starbucks can or cannot reinvent itself<\/a>, which came out a day before yesterday’s announcement of 600 layoffs. Consultant Geoff Vuleta has gone silent on the company’s initiative to spay its baristas<\/a>, but he does offer up a smart idea: go small.<\/p>\n

Open a chain of microstores devoted solely to making coffee. “No travel cups, no music, no machines, just amazing beans and a narrow range of the best-in-the-world coffee drinks,” he envisions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I still think their beans are a scorched mess, leading to unpalatable coffee, but hey.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, VM reader and Trompler Foundation curator<\/a> E. Scharf sends word that there’s a movement afoot to save the breakfast sandwich<\/a>. I have no horse in this race; my town doesn’t actually have<\/em> a Starbucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s another article on how Starbucks can or cannot reinvent itself, which came out a day before yesterday’s announcement of 600 layoffs. Consultant Geoff Vuleta has gone silent on the company’s initiative to spay its baristas, but he does offer up a smart idea: go small. Open a chain of microstores devoted solely to making … <\/p>\n

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