Personally, I’d like the entirety of the United States to buy local from all types of restaurants instead of letting corporations pave over our regional food cultures.
A growing number of young chinese people are avoiding Starbucks Coffee. US executives are furious.
Submitted 10 months ago by davriellelouna@lemm.ee to youshouldknow@lemmy.world
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/business/starbucks-china.html
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stephen@lazysoci.al 10 months ago
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
If I had my choice I would probably avoid restaurants entirely, but there are a couple of local bakeries I am happy going to.
rhvg@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Those Chinese brands mentioned in this NYT piece are all national/international chains, massive cooperations similar to McDonald and Starbucks, not local mom pop shops…
johnthebeboptist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sure, but there is a difference letting one corporation overpower the market and supporting a national or even international business.
We got Taco Bell some years back where I live and suddenly all the actually good places died, and sure, some of them were genuine local businesses instead of just corporate chsins, but I’d much rather support anything other than some American super corporation, get a shittier product that’s more expensive, just because they have the money to push their shitty product more than some smaller, albeit corporation shit.
Most American super corporations have enough influence and power as it is. Nothing wrong if we get some competition and variety. Lesser of two evils you know.
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
They don’t call it Charbucks for nothing
xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
Customers want a reasonably priced and not shitty coffe.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
A pork latte sounds incredibly disgusting, what a stupid idea
idriss@lemm.ee 10 months ago
cool, now I have to worry if coffee is hallal or not too
shalafi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
At that point I thought it was an Onion article.
“Chinese people like pork, right?! And they like coffee! See where I’m going with this?!!!”
SouthFresh@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Speak for yourself.
j4k3@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What is it, like broth savory, or some fake candy like flavor?
h54@programming.dev 10 months ago
Well, of course. Putting geopolitics aside, Starbucks coffee is overpriced and not good. I wonder what the CEO who commutes via private jet to work will take away from this. Likely nothing.
DropThePot@lemy.lol 10 months ago
I hope the CEO thinks long and hard about it while he takes his jet to work in the morning. Supercommuting asshole.