<p>“I’m a data freak who was in shopping center development and management so I like to dig into how people operate”</p>
<p>I like that. I think that’s cool. </p>
<p>“We also have noticed a spillover effect. If one coffee shop opens and becomes popular, then if another opens next to it, it will get business from the laptoppers looking for a place to set up because the first store is full.”</p>
<p>I was taught that the best location for your business is near a similar successful business.</p>
<p>Lergnom, probably knows more about that. </p>
<p>I am surprised how many non coffee drinkers there are on this thread.
Most people I know drink coffee; although, I don’t. I do like mocha ice
cream. Does that count? Starbucks has a frappucino ice cream with chocolate chips that is ok. </p>
<p>My wife likes strong coffee, but I think ellebud, or at least a couple of her friends, has her beat.</p>
<p>I don’t see anybody here writing that they drink 5 cups of coffee a day or anything like that. I guess Barrons is a big coffee drinker. I know there are people that go to Starbucks 3 times a day.</p>
<p>I think I could count on one hand the number of times I’ve bought coffee at a coffee shop or convenience store. I consider it to be a huge waste of money.</p>
<p>have taken thermos of coffee to work, made instant or lived without</p>
<p>Someone gave me a starbucks gift card. Carried it around for 2 years before I realized the Target I’m always in has a starbucks. Got xmas presents with it for a couple of people this year</p>
<p>Zero - not a coffee drinker. Dh, who likes very dark coffee, starts his morning with a large mug of coffee made in a vintage 1967 Presto percolator that I bought from a retired engineer who refurbishes old coffee makers and other small appliances. When our last coffee maker stopped working, I couldn’t find a new one that wasn’t made in China. Dh loves coffee but is way too frugal to spend money at coffee shops. If he really needs a caffeine fix away from home, he will buy the $1 “value menu” coffee at McD’s.</p>
<p>We got a Keurig to try and cut back on these trips. My husband still goes at least twice each week (He prefers Caribou and Tim Horton’s) and I may go once each month. Neither of us go inside. We use the drive-through lane.</p>
<p>Both DH and I make a daily visit to Starbucks. I pick up a coffee before heading to work and see the same customers there every morning. DH buys a latte for the drive home from work. When I figured out what that amounts to over the course of a year (yikes!), we discussed changing our habits in light of next year’s tuition!</p>
<p>“We got a Keurig” as long as you got the attachment that lets you use your own coffee, you’re still paying alot per cup. I totally understand wanting a fresh cup each time!</p>
<p>I bought a 33oz can of coffee for $6.00
if I get ONLY 100 cups from that it will be .06 per cup, match that
even counting sweetener and powder creamer, it’s still .10 per cup</p>
<p>Once a day to Starbucks, not for anything fancy, just an Americano. And then we use the Keuring machine…which actually ain’t such a deal, if you are paying 60-70 cents per cup. Plus, with the gold star system at Starbucks, you get a free one every 12 cups. Gets us out of the house and the dogs love to go.</p>
<p>The usual indicators for store location are population density and income. Some stores, like supermarkets, look at competitor locations because there’s a PSF of grocery space to population metric.</p>
<p>Many chains don’t look at where their competitors are; they look to serve people with money. If a competitor is there, it often means to them that people with money are there.</p>
<p>BTW, I have one cup of coffee out a day. I like the social nature of a coffee shop.</p>
<p>I usually go about 0-3 times a day, depending on my schedule. They have 3 coffee shops at my university, and there’s always a huge line at all of them the half hour before classes start. I’ve even seen crowds at midnight. It’s crazy!</p>
<p>We buy dark French roast either:peets, coffee bean and tea leaves, Starbucks or Gelson’s private label. Frankly, whatever is on sale. My husband gave me (us…who’s kidding who?) an expresso and milk frother machine for the holidays. We are still experimenting with the expresso setting. The coffee tastes good…but it is weak. But we’re getting there.</p>
<p>One of our kids drinks coffee. The other two? Weenies.</p>
<p>I love coffee but mostly drink French press at home. Make one regular in the morning and a decaf in the late afternoon, sometimes another cup of decaf in the evening. I don’t go out of my way to go to Starbucks, but there are a couple that I frequent because they are near errands. One where I make photocopies and the other near my art gallery. I go anywhere from once a month to once a week probably. Thankfully they have discontinued all the really good sweet things they used to make.</p>
<p>My son has gotten addicted to some sweet Nescafe available as instant in Jordan. He can also pick it up on the street. I loved the Jordanian coffee, sweet, flavored with cardomom and just boiled in the pot Turkish style.</p>
<p>We go into Starbucks maybe once a month or longer to buy a pound of coffee. They used to give us a free coffee when we bought a pound, so that would be our little outing, might buy a piece of cake and split that too.</p>
<p>^ I used to not drink coffee either, but then I went away to college. things happen, and desperate tines call first desperate measures! (I get light roast and load it with cream, though.)</p>
<p>I have two cups of drip coffee before I go to work and then have Keurig at work. I sometimes go to Starbucks if I have an empty bag of Starbucks ground. They offer a free cup of coffee if you bring in the bag! I have to go out of my way for a coffee shop so it’s more of a special treat then a normal occurrence. Also, I really try to not pay more then 50 cents a pod for Keurig, so it’s hard to pay over a dollar for a cup of coffee from a shop.</p>
<p>Like others, I used to hit Starbucks two or three times a week before DD started at a private high school seven years ago. It did not quite take care of the tuition, but it helped.</p>
<p>Now I go as a treat. Hubby and I might stop on Sunday once a month or so. This morning I meet a friend for coffee.</p>
<p>Maybe six times a year: when I am travelling, when I need to use wifi (after a power outage at home), when I meet some girlfriends after work, or when I really feel I deserve a treat. I am trying to retire: they say cutting out overpriced coffee drinks could save you a thousand a year.
I prefer happy hour!</p>
things happen, and desperate tines call first desperate measures! (I get light roast and load it with cream, though.)</p>