Sandy Early with Free State Militia Firearms of Prince Frederick, Md., sells T-shirts that mock the Starbucks logo.
** FILE ** Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz. (Seattle Times via Associated Press)
** FILE ** Starbucks Corp., based in Seattle, hopes its new venture into instant coffee, Via, will be as prevalent in stores as its packaged coffee is now. The Starbucks instant comes in just shy of a $1 a cup, compared with the pennies a cup of home-brewed joe can cost. (Associated Press)
Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee company, is planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the U.S. over five years. (Associated Press)
Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee company, is planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the U.S. over five years. (Associated Press)
Passing pedestrians are reflected in the window of a Starbucks store in Atlanta in January 2011. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Passing pedestrians are reflected in the window of a Starbucks store in Atlanta in January 2011. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Elizabeth Davis, of Alexandria, Va., makes a photo of the flooded street from her table inside the Starbucks at the corner of King and S. Union Streets as people venture out to survey the damage in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Flood water in Old Town is slightly higher than normal after a heavy rain. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
Oil and coffee "are two dark, black liquids that run this country," says Robert Thompson, director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University. The standard 16-ounce cup of Starbucks coffee contains 330 mg of caffeine — the equivalent of three No-Doz pills. (Associated Press)
