Now the new Tuscan Village starbucks is open, we were wondering how many there are in town. A quick count in the phone book reveals that the latest is #23 in town.
I wonder if Seattle has the most per capita of anywhere?
Their next nearest competitor around here, I think is Serious--there are 11 of them, though there may be new ones that didn't make the book 'cause they seem to be springing up all over. At least they're "local" in that they started on the island.
For me the difference is simple. It's not about overroasted beans, price or employee benefits;, no it's much simpler than that: free internet. Serious has it, while starbucks wants 8 or 9 bucks for an hour online.
Decided to check a few other franchises as well. Subway is even more ubiquitous than Starbucks; there are 25 of them. We have 18 Mcdonalds, 14 Tim Hortons, 8 Seven Elevens and 7 Dairy Queens. I can't be bothered to look up KFC and the rest.
Nearly all of those franchises are having trouble finding enough employees. It's not a bad time to be a high schooler looking for mindless employment; if you don't like one job, there are plenty of others to go to.
A note to those who are on my facebook--they've finally fixed the little hole in the network that let me access it at work (thanks, Alix) so if you need to get a response from me quickly, an email is probably going to be read earlier in the day.
Have a good weekend.
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