Starbucks coffee is OK but expensive, their snacks are over-priced and disgusting; they pay their employees better than average; their stores range from very clean to filthy; their marketing is excellent; they are covenient but utterly forgettable. Pretty much an average company.

Expensive yuppie waste of money.

I think the company and the coffee are way overrated.

Definatly prefer seeing Starbucks everywhere than McDonald, at least the employees ARE NOT exploited and the drinks and food they provide won't make any more americans OBESE

The product isn't bad- but waaay overpriced. And the riduculous 'size' names are so pompous. . .

I simply detest their coffee with a passion. I do not understand what all the fuss is about. However my daughter in law got me to try a Caramel Frappcuinno (I'm not sure I spelled that right), and now I'm hooked, hence the three stars.

How is it that Starbucks is better than smaller coffee shops? I love the coffee my local coffee shops offer and the atmosphere is much better, too. The town I live in was just fine until about a year ago when Starbucks decided our downtown wasnt complete without their neon eyesore. AND they decided to put thier store not even 1/2 a block away from a locally-owned coffee shop that has served us well for as long as I can remember. WHY? Just to prove that because this is a college town and people in the Midwest are dying to be in the ranks of the cool set they will drink any liquid crap they sell? Every time I drive by Starbucks it is always filled with people. Of course windows surround the building so everyone can see how cool the patrons inside are because thier cup has the same logo as Ashley Olson's. It's all about image and brand name in this society. I'd rather drink delicious coffee out of a plastic mug than drink crap out of a Starbucks cup. Before we had a Starbucks I never once heard anyone say Oh, I wish we had a Starbucks because the coffee shops we have now are terrible!! I have never been to a Starbucks and never will. I dont care if they do give their employees good benefits, etc. If teenage prostitutes were given health, dental, and 401k stock options would that make thier pimps fine upstanding citizens?

Overpriced crap served by exploited employees.

Add a venti Caramel Macchiatto to my morning, and I'm ready to tackle my day.

great coffee, and its on like every street in downtown, vancouver (BC canada)

Despite my leftist tendencies and the fact that I live in San Francisco, I am a big believer in capitalism. I have no problem with big companies just because they're big. If a company can consistently offer a quality product or service, they deserve to be big - and they deserve to make lots of money. I have never been in a Starbucks that wasn't clean and well run. The coffee always tastes the same, and always tastes good. They displace some smaller coffee shops because they are very good at what they do. In terms of corporate responsibility, Starbucks seems to be doing all the right things - they adhere to green policies and have great benefits for their employees that extend to domestic partners. I know they're big, and I know they're everywhere - but that by itself doesn't make them evil.