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Does this explain the starbucks across from the starbucks?

• alister 11y ago
  Simplest explanation: the first Starbucks had enough business to justify a store twice as large but didn't have room to expand. So they opened a second store across the street.
  • caw 11y ago
    It also has some other benefits, where you can service traffic coming from different directions. When you drive on the highway and get off on an exit to get gas, most of the time you'll stop at the one on your side of the road so it's easier to get back on the highway. You also avoid having to make traffic modifications to deal with the queue of cars trying to make a left into the Starbucks.
    • taurath 11y ago
      I have yet to see the "shell across from a shell" though. I wonder why?
      • jerven 11y ago
        It happens but in some countries, e.g. the Netherlands, this is unlikely due to the way fuel stop spots are actioned of next to the highway.
• chias 11y ago
  I imagine so. I believe most (if not all) Starbucks are franchise stores. Franchise stores -- where the products are indeed identical and not just similar -- are the perfect-case scenario for this effect.
  • ryanwaggoner 11y ago
    All Starbucks stores in the US are company-owned. They do not franchise.