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Footballguy
I am never "OK" with getting charged more. For anything. Ever.
No.
No.
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Starbucks Charging More For Extra Stuff - Yes or No? (1 Viewer)
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BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
I agree. I think this is sort of a clickbait article, if what @FreeBaGeL says is true then it should really say "New Starbucks CEO tells employees to stop giving away free product"
There used to be an Einstein Bagels [near me] and I'd go there pretty often for lunch. After I'd ordered and sat down to start eating or maybe after I was done the guy [the cashier] would always come up to me and ask me if I'd wanted anything else. So often times he'd give me a free pastry or cookie. It wouldn't surprise me if Starbucks (also) gave some free shots as PR but now that Starbucks is bleeding money the new CEO is like "no, stop that."
If you have a rewards account then you can get a free shot with 25 stars
rockaction
Footballguy
Was fat, will be again someday, I'd imagine. Hate ranch. Love sugar. Can't get enough dairy, either. I think we've found my problem areas.
While obv not true for all fat people there is some truth to this. Had an overweight friend trying to lose weight, he switched to salad everyday but refused to give up the ranch dressing on it despite him not being able to lose much weight on his new "diet".They both suck, though ranch would probably work well as sunscreen.
I’d charge to add either to your coffee.
Had a friend who always said "the one thing all fat people have in common is a love of ranch dressing". And as a fat guy, I find it pretty mid. I'd never use it voluntarily.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Cheese and beer are my major problems. I don't drink dairy and don't really eat ice cream or use butter. But, uh...I can sit with a block cheddar and clog arteries all night not. Not good, Bob.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Yeah, cheese is the one delicious food which plant-based substitutes don’t cut it. Otherwise, avoiding dairy isn’t too difficult imo.
FTR, skinny guy with morbidly obese mom. Love sweets, minimize dairy, don’t like ranch, can’t stand beer.
rockaction
Footballguy
I didn't want to laugh at your entire comment but this was funny. I can hunker down over a tub of ice cream and just rip right through that chocolate chip cookie dough vanilla like my third base coach was waving me home as soon as I hit second.
"You're scoring, you're scoring!"
"Damn right I am, sir! Not running on fumes here, coach. Totally committed to home!"
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
You should try avocado, soy, or coconut milk based ice cream subs. All pretty good, but far less calories than conventional ice cream. Things like Halo Top are also tasty, though I avoid the whey.
Most of those are 400-700 calories/pint.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Are Starbucks store franchised or all corporate-run?
One near me opened a few years ago. Granted, it's just off of an interstate highway - but this ain't NYC over here and that store is always slammed. The only reason I know this is because the liquor store is right next door
One near me opened a few years ago. Granted, it's just off of an interstate highway - but this ain't NYC over here and that store is always slammed. The only reason I know this is because the liquor store is right next door
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I get it but it's also pretty normal to get charged more when adding extra ingredients. Should a pizza place not charge for extra toppings? Should a cheese pizza cost the same as a double sausage, double pepperon, musrhoom, green pepper and onion pizza?
Navin Johnson
Footballguy
Anyone know if they still have SBUX ice cream in the supermarkets?
Major
Footballguy
I haven't seen it in years but nothing will touch Haagen Dazs Coffee or Matcha flavors. Great stuff
I love them both but I’ve never had to satisfy my ranch tooth.
Sugar by a mile.
ETA: I can’t seem to update my profile to reflect that I am a FORMER eater of cereal.
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Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
The I could never drink a starbucks crowd is almost as good as the I could never eat at subway crowd
Harry Manback
Footballguy
Why should I pay the same for my shaken espresso as someone who throws whip, 2 pumps caramel, 2 pumps mocha, 2 pumps vanilla and a scoop of lavender to theirs?
Also, I think they've been charging for this stuff for awhile. But if it's now widespread maybe (pipe dream time) that means the baseline drink prices will drop or at minimum, stagnate as they can profit elsewhere.
Harry Manback
Footballguy
Needed to cut back on sugar to lose some lbs
I bet there is a lot of crossover. I, for one, won't do either place.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I don’t believe you
that is your prerogative. I don't drink coffee and subway is terrible
nirad3
Footballguy
It's sooooo good.
My wife is a shift supervisor at a SBUX here locally and brings home a ton of free (expiring) food. Lemon loaf is my #1, but their brownies (which they just reintroduced after shutting them down) and rice krispie treats are good too.
I get black iced tea when I go and ask for a certain number of pumps of cane sugar syrup; I wonder if I'll start getting dinged for those now. Gotta ask the Mrs.
Desert_Power
Footballguy
Hopefully they start giving decreases when you want less pumps or a half too. Only fair, right?
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Häagen-Dazs chocolate peanut butter is their best flavor, and may be the best ice cream, period. Will have to try matcha.
I haven't seen it in years but nothing will touch Haagen Dazs Coffee or Matcha flavors. Great stuff
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
How do you figure sugar, “by a mile”?
Ranch is more calorie dense. In addition to the sugar content of the dressing, you get saturated fat, salt, and some preservatives. None of that stuff is good for you. It contains nothing of nutritional value, at least in meaningful quantities.
Sugar is just sugar. Bad for your teeth, and in excess, associated with obesity, and related diseases.
They’re both empty calories. But given the choice between ingesting a tablespoon of each for eternity, I’d pick sugar.
ETA Not trying to attack you, specifically, but this is the thought process that poisons much of contemporary dieting. “Carbs” have become so demonized, people are avoiding them at all costs. The problem is, they’re conflating healthy carbohydrates with ultraprocessed crap/added sugars, and substituting food of dubious nutritional value.
You’d think we’d have learned our lesson from the “fat is the devil” era, which promoted the explosion of ultraprocessed garbage in the first place.
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I figure based on I could give up ranch way easier than I could give up sugar. That’s all.
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
It's not ranch or sugar, it's about keeping things in moderation. The ranch dressing that I normally get is only 65 cals/tablespoon. I usually get those bagged salad kits from the store. For a 3 serving salad and 4 tablespoons of ranch (that's 260 calories) so unless you are just drowning your salad that seems relatively healthy.
Also, other salad dressings suck.
Also, other salad dressings suck.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Yeah, I wasn’t necessarily commenting on ranch vs. alternative dressings, though it certainly is not “relatively healthy”. EVOO + balsamic vinegar is a much better choice, for example, and delicious.
Four tablespoons of sugar is less than 200 calories, arguably “healthier” (though certainly not healthful) than the ranch. Even in moderation, they’re nutritional junk.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Yeah, that's all we ever use for salad dressing. I can't imagine having a pallet that prefers a blend of buttermilk and mayonnaise to delicious vinegar/oil combos on my salads.
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
most of American does. Not sure how popular Ranch is around the world but I would think that maybe others enjoy Ranch as well.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I don't think ranch is popular at all on the west coast. It's nowhere near as popular out here as it is in the Midwest or the south.
Eephus
Footballguy
When my daughter was living in Paris, she asked us to bring her a bottle of ranch dressing when we came to visit.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I was a big fan of French dressing growing up so I guess it stands to reason why I prefer oil/vinegar dressings today. I love a little red wine vinegar with some oil, maybe a little Dijon.
General Malaise
Footballguy
I do like to bake with buttermilk. Its great with cornbread. But I took a big swig once on its own and that's not a mistake ill make again.
Amazing how far Joe's thread has wandered off-course.
Amazing how far Joe's thread has wandered off-course.
BassNBrew
Footballguy
Amazing how far out of favor French fell. It was a mainstay growing up, your mention is the first I have heard of in years. Wonder if it bit the dust when Freedom Fries became vogue.
bigbottom
Footballguy
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Highly recommend a good sherry vinegar for a change of pace in your vinaigrette.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I like ranch with cheese bread / pizza crust and fried foods (onion rings, cheese sticks, etc). Occasionally will dip fries in it
Some salads
Gotta be good ranch though generally not a fan of store bought
Some salads
Gotta be good ranch though generally not a fan of store bought
I am in California and ranch is extremely popular. It is used on everything
Courtjester
The Town Drunk
Sorry to interrupt the ranch debate
My daughter worked there for over a year. She turned in her two weeks and her last day was this past Thursday. She loved working for the company and the customers, but her co-workers are what drove her out.The company went through a few identities over the past year. Her store was in a really bad part of town--lots of homeless, drug users and violence. For the first part of her time there, they were told to be kind to the homeless. Give them water. Maybe slip them a free coffee now and then, but it got out of hand. People would drag their whole mattresses in the lobby and try and bring their dogs in. The bathrooms were basically a drug den to shoot up and the other things they would do in there--
. Employees got up to 6 free drinks a day and one meal if you were doing an 8 hour shift.Enter the rebranding. No free anything including giving your free drinks to family members. All add ons are now being charged for. No free water to anyone unless you buy something. This was met with particular push back from a very unlikely group--the Jehovah Witnesses. See they would use the lobby area to "spread the word" and would just order a water. They wouldn't drink coffee because of the caffeine. So a compromise was found where they each would order a cake pop and they could remain in the lobby with their water. The employees were tasked with basically kicking the non-paying people out and often cops were involved because of the violent homeless. The menu was compressed and the new dress code came out. So they really did their best to change their culture and identity.
So I voted yes, they have every right to charge for extras because there were so many people taking advantage of the company.
Oh and another vote for the lemon loaf---just loved it when my daughter would close and bring those home.
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
In Hawaii you can only use the bathroom if you are a paying customer since they have such a large homeless pop. It makes tons of sense but I do like the convenience of being able to pull over and go the restroom at a gas station or store.
massraider
Footballguy
If you get the Ranch Matcha Frappe in the sourdough bread bowl, it's included
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