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Tarzanrock

(1,228 posts)
1. Look out, Starbucks!
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 05:08 PM
Monday

Look out, Starbucks! A whole lot of those coffee joints like Starbucks are going to be going out of business. When I was last in Von's supermarket in Los Angeles, I stopped at their in-store Starbucks coffee kiosk because I have the monthly Von's membership perk which lets you get a Starbucks Grande coffee at their stand for $2 bucks; and, I usually get one once a month to drink while I am grocery shopping. There were two young 20 something Latino girls ahead of me in line. They both ordered some kind of exotic Starbucks coffee/latte concoctions which looked like some kind of milkshakes which was mixed up with all the latte/cream, flavorings and sugars which went into those concoctions. Those coffee drinks ran over $8 dollars each and with the California 9.25% sales tax the bill was just shy of $20 bucks -- so those coffee drinks cost almost ten ($10.00) dollars each and more if you left a "tip" for whatever they call the person (barista) who mixed that shit up -- a 20% "tip" is an additional $4 bucks -- so a cup of Starbucks coffee is already pretty damn expensive before the imposition of the Turd's insane tariffs on Brazil and other coffee producing countries. Welcome to Turd World, America! Enjoy Turd World -- because you are going to be paying through your nose for this Fascist experience!

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