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> It would affect me if Coke and Starbucks prohibited the existence of competitors In a sense they do, every Starbucks in existence is a store where a traditio

• BbzzbB 4y ago
  I don't think it's useful to debate fictitious scenarios. You know of a place where there are only Starbucks selling coffees? I can't think of one, as someone that never steps in a Starbucks, yet often buys takeout coffee in other fastfoods.
  • mrtranscendence 4y ago
    On the contrary, Starbucks is frequently -- maybe even usually -- the only place in a given area that serves fresh coffee of fair to moderate quality. You can get coffee in McDonalds or Burger King, but it's not very good, and the employees know even less about coffee than someone working for Starbucks. The absence of competition in that midrange market means that Starbucks faces relatively little pressure to maintain lower prices and higher quality. I can only think of a single other dedicated coffee shop near my suburb of Cincinnati, and it's a cat cafe that serves dogshit coffee (or catshit, I suppose, and I'm not referring to the civet). At least they have cute adoptable cats to play with!