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"text": "Their aggressive tactics which have gotten them into every neighborhood which once had independent \"character\" disgusts me. (Kudos to the North Beach Business Association, the first regional group to tell S'bucks' lawyers where to go and get away with it.)",
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"text": "Well, it was just a goof in an email to some friends, but checking Canada411.com gives 118 S'bucks in B.C., and 86 in Vancouver (which seems to include the GVA).",
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"text": "Not all that fond of S'bucks myself. it's^([sic]) ok, but I'll still walk past the 2 nearby ones to get to our Au Bon Pan. We've got 2 of those also, both with better coffee for less mone^([sic]) than at teh^([sic]) Starbucks.",
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"text": "> […] thinking that customers won't buy their triple grande, low fat /\n> no fat half mocha twists from a barista (note the lower case \"b\") with\n> some nose jewelry, they fire the employee (actually two so far in the\n> local community). […]\nThat's weird - every S'bucks in the US I've ever visited ignores the piercing policy. Hell, _I_ violate the piercing policy.",
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"text": "I nearly got mashed in a Starbucks parking lot by someone driving way too fast for either blind corners or parking lots. S'bucks can't do much about putting traffic calming measures in their own parking lots for obvious reasons (speed bumps and hot coffee don't mix).",
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