Starbucks enters Dutch market

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Thu 27th Aug 2009 01:58 pm

Starbucks enters Dutch market
27/08/2009

Train passengers at Utrecht Central Station have been enjoying the world-famous coffee for the past few weeks and soon commuters at Amsterdam Central Station can follow suit.

Utrecht – Lovers of Starbucks coffee no longer have to travel to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport for their caffeine addiction as the Seattle-based coffee giant breaks into the Dutch market.

Earlier in August, a Starbucks store opened at Utrecht Central Station – the first to be opened outside of Schiphol and Nike's headquarters in Hilversum.

Dutch Railways (NS) and Starbucks plan to open another store at Amsterdam Central Station in mid autumn where customers can also buy cakes and sandwiches in addition to the world-famous coffee.

Starbucks is not entirely new to the Netherlands - the first store opened in Schiphol in 2002.

Now, the coffee giant plans to expand in the Netherlands by opening shops inside train stations.

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Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Thu 27th Aug 2009 09:07 pm

Lol i doubt barney & the Damprking are shaking in there boots

,Seriously who the hell pays like £3/4 quid for a paper cup of foamy coffee

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baked · Post by **baked** » Thu 27th Aug 2009 10:14 pm

same people that have iphones or macbooks and drive mini's (new ones)

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Thu 27th Aug 2009 11:11 pm

^ i have a macbook, iphone and i dont buy coffee from starbucks(i dont drink a ton of coffee in general, tea tastes better).

i live in seattle..the home of starbucks to boot. i sometimes buy their ground expresso and bring it home and make it in my own machine though to be fair. i'll buy it from other stores though. i think the drinks they make at starbucks are nasty..full of syrup and crap. the only tasty things they make there are green tea lemonade and frapachinos..the former being MUCH better than the later. that said starbucks wont succeed in the dutch market i don't think.

tastywaves · Post by **tastywaves** » Fri 28th Aug 2009 01:24 am

The Starbucks at the A'Dam airport sucks like most of them and the only thing that taste right at most locations is the green tea lemonade.

Peace

baked · Post by **baked** » Fri 28th Aug 2009 06:11 am

cantona7 wrote:^ i have a macbook, iphone and i dont buy coffee from starbucks(i dont drink a ton of coffee in general, tea tastes better). i live in seattle..the home of starbucks to boot. i sometimes buy their ground expresso and bring it home and make it in my own machine though to be fair. i'll buy it from other stores though. i think the drinks they make at starbucks are nasty..full of syrup and crap. the only tasty things they make there are green tea lemonade and frapachinos..the former being MUCH better than the later. that said starbucks wont succeed in the dutch market i don't think.

oh well i am sorry for offending you, but i think you got what i meant

Hammy · Post by **Hammy** » Sat 29th Aug 2009 12:16 am

Starbucks is awful. Surprised it's taken them this long though, I'm sure I saw one in Malawi, Africa... could've quite easily been a rip off though, I saw a Tesco as well!

TRANCE · Post by **TRANCE** » Sat 29th Aug 2009 08:37 am

There are many Starbucks in the UK, tried them once, never again. The 'Costa Coffee' chain shops offer the best in the UK without doubt. Another good one is Boston Tea Party for their tea's but they only have 7 shops based in the west country UK. Costa coffee for me everytime, especially the ones with sofas and free wi-fi.

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Sun 30th Aug 2009 07:03 pm

baked wrote:same people that have iphones or macbooks and drive mini's (new ones)

Its not the coffee they are buying,Its the lifestyle! really not everyone has the money jennifer aniston has

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Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Sun 30th Aug 2009 07:05 pm

Hammy wrote:Starbucks is awful. Surprised it's taken them this long though, I'm sure I saw one in Malawi, Africa... could've quite easily been a rip off though, I saw a Tesco as well!

Malawi? fs,Its one of the poorest nations on earth as well.

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Mon 31st Aug 2009 05:02 am

im told two of the better coffee chains are gloria jeans..which is an australian company as well as the coffee bean and tea leaf which is based in california..socal i think, although iv seen them in other places/cpintries. saw one in singapore and maybe hong kong.

theres also another smaller chain here in seattle called tullys that iv heard is better.

JMey · Post by **JMey** » Mon 31st Aug 2009 04:54 pm

The coffee in the Netherlands is good. Really, you don't need to go to starbucks for a decent cappuccino.

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Tue 1st Sep 2009 10:38 pm

JMey wrote:The coffee in the Netherlands is good. Really, you don't need to go to starbucks for a decent cappuccino.

Ive never noticed,Na those brown bars are quite good i must say! not much of a coffee sizewise but it was nice stop for 20 mins none the less.

baked · Post by **baked** » Tue 1st Sep 2009 11:17 pm

Kingdoc wrote:
baked wrote:same people that have iphones or macbooks and drive mini's (new ones)

Its not the coffee they are buying,Its the lifestyle! really not everyone has the money jennifer aniston has .

yeah thats what i meant. it just is an image nothing else. same is coca cola or mc donalds etc.

Kingdoc · Post by **Kingdoc** » Tue 1st Sep 2009 11:27 pm

baked wrote:
Kingdoc wrote:
baked wrote:same people that have iphones or macbooks and drive mini's (new ones)

Its not the coffee they are buying,Its the lifestyle! really not everyone has the money jennifer aniston has .
yeah thats what i meant. it just is an image nothing else. same is coca cola or mc donalds etc.

Consumerism in a nutshell.