Starbucks Closing All Stores In Israel - Page 2

[Els' 3 Ones]

[pie]

beloved you actually said what I was trying to say

[BelovedBird]

I know this is totally OT and pointless aside from my amusment but- starbucks does not come up on the store locator (putting in a city). I also called telephone information and asked for any Starbucks coffee shop in any city. For the hebrew speakers, the answer was "ain davar kazeh". Meaning- no such thing. So, I really think that there are no starbucks stores here and there never were.

-BelovedBird

[Deirdre]

by BelovedBirdSo, RD, anyway to get me the info of how many starbucks there are here? And where? Not planning on going, just reaaaly curious.

The original snopes link Rd gave said this:

the most likely reasons for the retreat were Starbucks' difficulties in dealing with its Israeli partner and the underperformance of their six stores. (Starbucks was a latecomer to an already-saturated Israeli market, didn't adapt well to local market conditions, and offered little to distinguish themselves from their competition except higher prices).

(Bold mine)

BB, my understanding is all 6 stores were in Tel Aviv. They aren't there anymore so I guess they wouldn't be in the phone directory

And not to beat an already dead horse but I also think boycotts are an effective way of voicing an opinion about a company's actions/decisions...it just helps, IMHO, to actually have a legitimate reason to boycott them instead of making one up (i.e. that Starbucks pulled out of Israel as a protest against Israel)

~Deirdre

[crazy_eights]

Originally posted by BelovedBird
. For the hebrew speakers, the answer was "ain davar kazeh". Meaning- no such thing.

BB - except that Bezek will say that about your own mother if it isn't right in front of the operators face on the first attempt to locate the number! LOL.

[Hilary Briss]

T WTF is up with Els' signature? You're way out of line on the length there, girl. Did you get a special dispensation?

[Els' 3 Ones]

You rattin on me?

I thought the limit was 3 lines. hahahahaa

In my book it is.

But this isn't my book, now is it?


pssst

I've long had a secret crush on bad boy SP, now that he is getting political I'm positively swooning

[Tracy]

not that this exactly applies but it is not exactly off topic either......

but this is a very good (imo) debunker website of myths, rumors, scam, fake emails etc.

take a look. you might see some favorites.

http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxCategories.html