Comments | sosoclever: Oh, I am pissed.

sosoclever

Oh, I am pissed.

Jan 22, 2008 11:33

Barnes & Nobles has recently opened a store in Cherryvale Mall in Rockford, complete with "a café serving Starbucks coffee." Because of the contract agreement between B&N and CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (who own the mall), Gloria Jean's Coffees has to move. There can't be another coffee shop within a certain distance of the B&N/Starfucks, ( Read more... )

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stacye13 January 22 2008, 17:43:13 UTC

My husband would totally agree with you.

sosoclever January 22 2008, 18:19:31 UTC

Well, I already knew he was smart, since he married you.;-)

duck_puddle January 22 2008, 18:10:58 UTC

That's outrageous.

sosoclever January 22 2008, 18:19:09 UTC

I won't be surprised if, by the end of February, Starfucks has opened where the Gloria Jean's used to be. I bet there's a clause in the contract that makes that okay, whereas GJ's is not.

I'm really, really pissed off about this.

duck_puddle January 22 2008, 18:35:02 UTC

I would be pissed, too. Big business always has the strong-arm on their side, don't they?

Not cool.

retro_rider55 January 22 2008, 18:28:45 UTC

Though I have good reason to believe that the company mentioned bought the deed to the property on which an acquaintance of mine had his cafe (he has a restaurant coffee supply biz as well), and gave him his walking papers, I nonetheless do like their product. Having lived & worked in our Little Italy for seven years, I acquired a taste for the darker roasts such as those purveyed by Howard Schultz.

I guess I'm not as Anglo as I used to be (I spent enough of my childhood moaning - whinging, I s'pose I should say - about my mum's Limey/Haggisbasher-inspired cooking) As to big guy stomping little guy, yes, it sucks. But, well, there's Wal-Mart, too, though I'm sure there are folks 'out there' who have no problem with them as their bleedin' wallets* come first.

But how about this; locally, a hair dresser who'd sat in the same spot for thirty years had to vacate because the new mall owners were Korean, and she was Canadian, and the owners intended to pander only to Koreans.

*I wasn't cussing Brit-wise, but rather referring to the ( ... )

nonabloch January 22 2008, 18:33:39 UTC

While I do enjoy Starbucks....I would hate to see Gloria Jean's go as well. I do not approve of the Starbucks policy of taking over the entire coffee world. Healthy competition is good for everyone, I believe.