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Cool map of Starbucks & McDonalds taking over the world
princeton.edu — This pair of maps show the global presence of Starbucks coffee shops and McDonald's restaurants. When examined graphically, both companies act as global hubs that connect some of the world's poorest, most remote countries with some of the wealthiest. Very cool yet freaky at the same time!
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- mcvetyty, on 10/12/2007, -9/+47I think you mean "Very cool, yet incredibly gross at the same time!"
- Nobi-Wan, on 10/12/2007, -7/+45It looks like a scene from a virus/nuclear holocuast movie.
"Evacuate who you can. Everyone within this area is already lost." - blapierre, on 10/12/2007, -21/+43Classic example of how to lie with statistics. Look at the graphs at the bottom. They grew the bars in both dimensions for an increase in area that DOES NOT equal the actual increase. The actual increase is only represented by the vertical growth but by adding the the horizontal growth they made it look like Starbucks has increased WAY WAY WAY more than it actually has. Same goes for the McDonald's graph. Grade A ***** right here folks.
- blapierre, on 10/12/2007, -11/+14There was only around 1000 Starbucks in the mid-90s and around 6000 today. An increase of only 6x, yet the bar for today is probably around 100x the size of the bars in the mid-90s.
- UncommonSense, on 10/12/2007, -10/+48I for one welcome our french fry and frappacino overlords.
- blapierre, on 10/12/2007, -15/+10Same thing with the circles, each bigger circle represents a doubling of the number of Starbucks/McDonald's. However they doubled the RADIUS, which QUADRUPLES the AREA. Making it appear as though each bigger circle represents 4x more Starbucks than the last circle when it only represents 2x more. And this is coming out of Princeton University. What a shame that ***** graphs like this are allowed to come out of a supposedly "top" university.
- e03179, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20@blapierre:
The map was made by Jonathan Harris, not Princeton. To see more of his maps go to: http://www.number27.org/projects/maps/index.html - blapierre, on 10/12/2007, -12/+3Well it doesn't just appear on the Princeton website without someone there approving it.
- 00011000, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13All your stomachs are belong to us.
- diggywiggit, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Starbucks: New World Order
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread142163/pg1
http://www.prisonplanet.com/031004illuminatieye.html - ChachiAZ, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Once he graduates, the guy who made this, will be making propaganda like this: http://www.mcdonalds.com/corp/values/socialrespons/sr_report.html
- blapierre, on 10/12/2007, -14/+7Yes, keep digging me down when I post FACTS about how this maps is BLATANTLY trying to MISLEAD everyone who reads it.
- night141, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Amazing, we don't even have a Starbucks in our County.
- xigxag, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11I don't see why everyone is getting in a fuss over the size of the bars on the graph. It is obvious that the values are on the vertical axis, and the higher the bar is the higher that value is. By making the far portion thicker, isn't skewing the numbers. It does make for a visually appealing graph in my opinion.
I have no idea if the numbers are correct, but I think it is a cool way to display them. - ryogahibiki, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Until McDonalds (and all other restaurants for that matter) STOP using TRANS-FATS, I will never go back to them.
- lakawak, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0diggy...why would you let everyone know you are one of those pathetic losers who actually goes to sites like that.
- petiejoe, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2blapierre
Maybe you need a quick lesson on how these internets work. Any time you see a ~ after the domain, it means that you're on a personal site that happens to be hosted by that university or corporation. I've got access to a couple of those on my University's site, because they give every student webspace, and every person in my major gets webspace, and I signed up for a couple CS courses and got webspace. Just because some kid attending Princeton uses logical fallacies doesn't mean that Princeton condones anything he does. - RBotros, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3instead of these circles, it should've really just colored the countries with a certain color for every amount of restaurants...
- diggywiggit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@lakawak
Because you are a republican.
- Nobi-Wan, on 10/12/2007, -7/+45It looks like a scene from a virus/nuclear holocuast movie.
- xLiKx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17fat and caffiene = winner!
- carguy84, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12I had no idea McDonalds was so much bigger then BK. $41B to $11B...
- kerby74, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I had no idea that many people in the world had no concern for what kind of crap they put in their bodies. McDonald's has to be easily my least favorite place on the planet to eat.
- guimonkey, on 10/12/2007, -6/+17Thank god they are all over the world. I can't imagine having to take a vacations without my coffee or McSlop burger.
- dmurphy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8I've heard that no country with a McDonald's in it has ever been at war with another country with a McD's in it. I'm not sure it's true, but it's interesting nonetheless
- wharton, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3@dmurphy according to that there chart, both Germany and the UK have McDonalds in them. And Germany and the UK have been to war at least twice, as far as I remember.
- wesb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'm pretty sure that map shows McDonalds in both Israel and Egypt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War
That's just the first example that sprung to mind. - brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Maybe he means after they had McDonalds in them. I doubt they existed in WWII. I'm not sure when the six-day-war was either.
- drlog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4The funny thing is, most countries have these shops called "cafes". You can buy cups of coffee there as well (generally at a fraction of the price) in a mug....
Besides, whats bad about coffee? I'm drink one or two every day but have only been to Starbucks about 3 times. - greanleaf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@wharton and wesb
I don't believe these countries had a McDonalds in them at the time of their wars. Perhaps this is what is keep the peace. - matt0ne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I am pretty sure both Lebanon and Israel have McDonalds.
- blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You mean, they had?
- Firemeboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I had a poly sci prof tell me (about 10 years ago) that no two countries with a McDonald's in their border had ever gone to war with each other.
So we should be sending Ronald McDonald over to Iraq. Maybe the violence would end when everybody is trying to come up with an answer to the question, "Do you want fries with that?"- RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12It's from New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman's book "The Lexus and the Olive Tree." He called it "The Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention." There are two or three exceptions but the basic idea holds. No two nations that are locked into the global economy can afford to go to war with one another.
In this map you can basically see the next generation's future conflicts, diplomatic pushes, market openings, etc. The forces of McDonalds and Starbucks are advancing on Central Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia. Look at the McDonalds-free countries and you will notice such trouble spots as Iran, Indonesia, and Venezuela. - Xtant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i think they do have McDonald's in Iraq. in the green zone at least.
- Demagogue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4RadiantBeing
He also made mention of this in The World is Flat, if I remember correctly, a book every digger should read. I had forgotten about that. - vhold, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Sounds like a chicken and the egg scenario to me. I'm more inclined to think that McDonalds aren't in those countries because of the instability or negative attitudes towards western culture then I am to think that McDonalds creates stability.
Interesting thought though. - RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@Demagogue. Yeah, in his latest book he restates the idea in terms of global supply chains and outsourcing. I think he called it "The Dell Theory."
@vhold. The presence of a McDonald's is just a shorthand way of indicating that a country has met certain social, economic, and political conditions to become a platform where multinationals can play. Things like political and military stability, dependable infrastructure, rule of law, property rights, populace with money to spend, trainable workforce, etc. We take these things for granted but they are pretty uncommon in the rest of the world. McDonalds and Starbucks don't create the initial conditions, though they certainly play a role in stabilizing and developing them later on. Anyway, once a country has such things and starts having business relationships with other such countries, war between them becomes too costly and therefore doesn't generally happen. - vhold, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@RadiantBeing: So, I think we agree then on the chicken/egg aspect of the situation? I would definitely agree that McDonalds* begats stability, which begats McDonalds*, but it takes a some stability at first to start the cycle.
* (Where McDonald's equals a general aggregate of US based multinational corporations, heck they don't even have to be US based.. do they?) - RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@vhold, Yeah, you got it. Developing nations often start with local experiments in capitalism like Special Economic Zones where they set aside some land and put it under a totally different set of laws, regulations, taxes, etc from the rest of the country. The initial trigger can be anything from enlightened leadership, to war and reconstruction, to advice from other governments, companies or organizations like the World Bank. Anyway, a package of policies is put together, designed to entice foreign investment and create economic activity. Foreign and domestic companies set up shop, employ droves of locals, make money, increase their investments, buildout more facilities, etc, and it snowballs from there.
"McDonald's" is just a catchy way of saying it. In reality, it can be anything from a toy factory to a chip fab. Companies from all over the world participate, including from the host country itself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Economic_Zone
- RadiantBeing, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12It's from New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman's book "The Lexus and the Olive Tree." He called it "The Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention." There are two or three exceptions but the basic idea holds. No two nations that are locked into the global economy can afford to go to war with one another.
- RichPowers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20060821/tullys-starbucks-map.gif
I always laugh when I see the number of Starbucks and Tully's in Seattle. Lewis Black would not be happy if he saw all these Starbucks across the street from a ***** STARBUCKS!! :)- invader, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5in arizona, two starbucks stores close to each other means there's an independant coffee shop nearby (most likely in between the two starbuckses)
mmmm... double-roasted capitalism... :-) - Lososaurus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11What the ***** is "Tully's"?
- brandonhoth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Lewis Black was talking about Houston, TX, where there is literally a pair of Starbuck's directly across from one another. There is a comedy club called the Laff Stop in the same area, so I imagine that is how he came across it. The area is a pretty affluent part of Houston, and though I haven't been back to Houston in several years, I do know they both thrived for some time. I guess rich people don't have the time to make left turns. Here is a panoramic picture of the intersection, if you are interested: http://www.gergltd.com/users/isaac.gerg/starbucks/images/panorama.jpg
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5in arizona, two starbucks stores close to each other means there's an independant coffee shop nearby (most likely in between the two starbuckses)
- swanny89, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I've been telling people for years that starbucks is taking over the world.
- jsuarezcasana, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5that map aint true, at least fot the starbucks part
here in Perú there are several starbucks stores, probably 10+- Jun168, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8The copyright date on the map is 2003. It's defintely not up to date information.
- LocoMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1There were at least 7 McDonald's here in Venezuela in 2003 (only counting the ones I saw myself in 4 different cities I had lived on/visited by then) and according to that map there wasn't any. Not particularly accurate, I'd say, since they had been open for years by then.
- snatchedlaus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2That is a good graph and map and I never knew just how much McDonalds makes! More than Afghanistan!
- Xtant, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I wonder if that counts opium sales
- jtrost, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Google Maps says that within 1 mile of my zip code (60661) there are about 40 Starbucks and 9 McDonalds. Crazy.
- pants428, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yah, chicago has a crazy amount of Starbucks, especially downtown... I'm pretty sure somewhere in the Loop there is the mythical Starbucks across the street from Starbucks, I just can't remember exactly where...
- tcybulski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i think the mythical starbucks that lewis black speaks of are in texas (houston, maybe?) however, it apparently has happened in various places across the nation. i think seattle, chicago, and nyc have examples, iirc.
- lildude3077, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In Houston I saw a starbucks store, and across the street there was a Barnes and Noble with a starbucks in it. And of course, that's not counting the mall across the street, which had two starbucks inside.
The world is being taken over by starbucks... - bjorkbjorkbjork, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@brstilson
"Weird, especially with Africa being the birthplace of Coffee, too. Strange that it's not commonly drank by the natives."
That's like saying it's strange that Americans don't drink Maté, a popular South American drink, because The Americas is the birthplace of Maté.
Something you have to understand is that "the natives" in Africa comprise a very diverse group -- the culture of the place where coffee came from, Ethiopia, is pretty different than elsewhere in Africa.
Now why does Ethiopia drink coffee, while certain other coffee growing countries in Africa drink tea? I think it has to do with the fact that Ethiopia has never been colonized. Everywhere else in Africa has been, and those that were colonized by The British have now have a long tradition of drinking tea. - cello, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Downtown Vancouver has 2 Starbucks kitty-corner to each other. And they're both fairly thin streets.
- Twango, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"The world is being taken over by starbucks..."
Yeah, and unlike traditional churches, they pay taxes!
- mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Starbucks drinks are fattening too.
- Twango, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Try "drip" or "Americano" ... save $1000 a year, too
- isemism, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Not much into starbucks in Africa it seems...
- isemism, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10(sorry to doublepost, ran out of time)
Anyone notice the copyright date is 2003?
I would imagine both companies have spread exponentially in 3 years. - porkstacker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2In the fall of 2003 I travelled all across Kenya from Nairobi, up through Naivasha, up to Eldoret, back down through Ngong, Moranga, down and over to Mombasa, and eventually back to Nairobi. Since tea is the accepted of Kenyans, and coffee is seemingly for export only, it was no surprise to not see any Starbucks locations there. Sure, there were countless places to get a good cup of tea though. As for Mcdogballs, well, I don’t recall having seen any there, but I would not be surprised if one of them has since popped up in Nairobi since it is a modern city.
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Weird, especially with Africa being the birthplace of Coffee, too. Strange that it's not commonly drank by the natives.
- Jun168, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The reason for that is because Africans don't like Starbucks. Everyone knows they love KFC.
- zedwards, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And the coffee in Central America is usually instant nescafe.
- SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And Coke. Don't forget Coke, especially in glass bottles.
- lakawak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Sad commentary on the digg community when a blatantly racist comment gets a +4. And not even a clever or original racist joke either. And then the WORST part about it is he felt the need to post it several times. (It wasn't unny the first time. It sure as ***** not funny the third time.
Oh my god! You are so cleveer Jun...black people like friedchicken! I get it! How come no one has ever thought about that before!
- isemism, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10(sorry to doublepost, ran out of time)
- erraggy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The worst part is that even though I stopped going to these two places, I still would love to down a carmel frappuccino with a large oder of fries.
I think they manipulated my genetic structure or something...- tcybulski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i think they put crack in the caramel frapps. that's the only way to explain the magnitude of my attraction to them.
- supernova17, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4http://www.princeton.edu/%7Eina/infographics/
Awesome stuff. - toxickiwi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4They need to update the map... they have Starbucks in New Zealand
- TonyAndrewMeyer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0And they were there in 2003, too. If they can't get that right, then presumably the rest is completely inaccurate as well.
- Scruffydan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9is it just me or is paying 5 dollars for a coffee completely nuts.
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The few times I get starbucks coffee, it's a nice treat. Besides, we already pay too much for gas and health food. At least my gouging is helping the workers there get health benefits.
- konpentchev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2$5 for coffee?
Maybe if you're buying the fanciest espresso drink in the largest size.
A large cup of drip coffee is under $2 at my local Starbucks.
Any local deli charges at least $1.50 and most gourmet shops charge $2 for the same size cup.
- porkstacker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Scary *****, that map is. Perhaps it would be even more interesting to see a timeline also included which shows the year by year obesity percentage per capita in relation to how high McDonald's profits in said capita were. Morbid.
- turkey2143, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0amazing how theres any mcdonalds at all in india, even though the cow is holy
- ravenofwinter, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11They serve Lamb. Or pork. Or Tofu.
And not everybody in India is Hindu anyway. - CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Mcdonalds changes their menu per region. They match their foods to the norms in each country they plop a restaurant in.
- brstilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That's awesome, I want to travel the worlds McDonalds's now. Imagine: Fried Mars Bars in Scotland, Cous-cous and falafel in Turkey, I wonder how their Kung Po Beef is in China...
- ravenofwinter, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11They serve Lamb. Or pork. Or Tofu.
- mk32066, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Well, we are screwed!
- Coruscamp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wow, this is kinda disturbing. Let's all write nasty letters to our senators! : ]
- CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7In other words, its harder to find a big mac with all the fixins in Africa.
- porkstacker, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Or you could have stated (after having first done some research about Africa) something along the lines of, "I guess there is a deeply-rooted cultural reason behind the absence of any McDonalds restaurants in Africa".
- ScottMaximus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6He was making a Joke. Thanks for Ruining it.
- Jun168, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Africans prefer KFC.
- Twango, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1All the horses have been eaten already
- khoerling, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Bling!
- scion78, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2the mcdonalds in India serves veggie burgers only. :-D
- futaris, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1www.fastfoodmaps.com
- zorpscorp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Aw... I was expecting something like this:
http://static.flickr.com/75/221513091_56cb11fee7.jpg?v=0
a MUCH cooler map(?) of McDonalds and Starbucks taking over the world, IMO.- isemism, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That brought a tear to my eye.. Beautiful.
- blackjack75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Isn't that the coast of Normandy?
- ravenofwinter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Hmm, according to that map, Sudan and Egypt have united.
They could become a global powerhouse.
Beware. - MrrCrow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1thats pretty sick
good find : ) - aura, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3New Zealand has enough Starbucks to be noted on that map....why aren't we?
- headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What? No Starbucks in Africa? Certainly folks over there are looking for a big cup of steaming hot coffee.
Also none in Italy. Hey, what do they know about good coffee.- Ryan0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, we've got enough coffee here.
We don't need a coffeeshop on every friggin corner....
Thanks for asking tho...
NOT!!!
- Ryan0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, we've got enough coffee here.
- SweeterThnEqual, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice looking map. Anyone else surprised that there were no Starbucks at all in South America or Africa? I'd think there would be at least one on the entire continent, if I have to see them on opposite sides of the street.
- deepsub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3They have to grow the coffee somewhere...
- Jun168, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Africans don't like Starbucks. They prefer KFC.
- nogoodreason, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I love the huge blob that covers the whole of the States. :D
- Kazrog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Nicely done, great graphic design and copy writing in addition to very pertinent research!
- reddevil3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Man I am getting tired of McD's. I grew up in the Middle East, and was initially excited to see them when they appeared in Dubai back in '95 or so. They spread like a cancer throughout the country. I visited Pakistan regularly, and as soon as you leave the Karachi airport the first thing you see is a McD's. *****!! And they are all over the city! Then I moved to the US and they are EVERYWHERE. Thank God there are tons of other restaurants here.
Starbucks is good, but no way am I paying so much for a coffee. And it is expensive everywhere. - yvovandoorn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Technically YUM corporation (Pizza Hut, KFC & Taco Bell, AW and Longjohn Silvers) is the largest food corporation in the world.
- Rasdan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5How do you figure? Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell (according to this map) only bring in $20.5 billion - McDonald's brings in $41 billion. I doubt A & W and Long John Silver between the two fo them bring in an additional $20.5 billion.
- SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think you are including drinks sales in there too. Don't they own Pepsico?
- Seumas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Probably because that would include PEPSICO as well. I believe they are all owned by the same parent.
- rjoa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yum was spun off from pepsi... http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=4316138
- waytoorandomx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't need coffee this bad!
/me turns on coffee grinder. - punkrockxtian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Well any fellow candian would surely know of the familiar presence of Tim Hortons on nearly every corner. I live in a SUBURB of Toronto and there about 60 Timmies withing a 20 km radius. Not to mention about 5 within walking distance.
- techlinks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3For the record...god I hate Starbucks. I'll stick with Tim Hortons thanks.
Never quite understood overpaying for the overrated crap that is Starbucks.- Seumas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why would you pay for coffee at all? Ground beans or crystals. Hot water. Three minutes to brew. Voila. So simple every break room in every company in the entire country has free coffee in a coffee maker.
- kingofthisnight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Because most companies just use cheap coffee. There is a difference between a good roasted bean and a few heaps of Foldgers in a coffee pot. Local coffee shops thats all I have to say. I love living in a college town, we have some of the best coffee shops ever.
- joeisanemokid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Whats most sad about Mcdonalds (and most fast food chains) is the fact that they allow fat lazy parents to never have to cook for their children. Example: I work at a Mcdonalds where I live and their are two separate families that I see come in every day for at least two separate meals. What a healthy way to bring up children.
- SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Why should it be the job of the fast food company to manage what parents feed their kids?
It is the parents responsibility to raise the kids, not the company. The parents should make better choices, it isn't up to McDonalds to do that for them. If these parents want to bring up a family of fatties, then that is their choice. - Seumas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Hm. Let's see. In this modern society where you can plan on an education costing each child about half a million dollars (for college alone) and even if you're lucky enough to afford a 40 year mortgage on a $300k house and all the other expenses you have to endure (not to mention the taxes and health care), it pretty much requires two parents working full time.
Now, I know it seems like a good idea that parents should be cooking wholesome good meals for their family from scratch three times a day every day of the week, but when mom and dad are each putting in 60 hours at the office, 15 hours each commuting. Then splitting the rest between soccer practices, cub scouts, driving the family around, cleaning the house, paying the bills, running the errands... exactly how much time do you figure people have left? The day of mom making a quick breakfast and lunch for the family and a couple hours making dinner for the family is long gone.
I think it's unfortunate and personally I think you shouldn't have kids until you can afford to make TIME for them, just like you don't buy a car until you can afford to ... afford it... but that doesn't change the fact that people just don't have time anymore. The best you're going to get at home in a household like that is probably going to be something out of a box that mom or dad threw into a pan and simmered according to directions and then sprinked the packet of seasoning from the box and slopped it onto a plate. - kingofthisnight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@Seumas
Half a million dollars for a college education? Where are you getting that figure from. By the time I am done it is going to be a little over 30,000. Hell even ivy league schools wouldn't come out to being half a million dollars. - Twango, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"all the other expenses you have to endure (not to mention the taxes and health care), it pretty much requires two parents working full time."
Or, you can opt for sanity.
- SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Why should it be the job of the fast food company to manage what parents feed their kids?
- RobDeBob, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I live in Seattle. My grandparents decided to visit. They have a car with a built-in navigational computer. Curious, I punched "STARBUCKS" into the touch-sensitive search query bar while we cruised the downtown area. Several seconds later:
183 MATCHES FOUND
This search spanned a mere two or so square miles.
I was like, WTF? - T0m4, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1We can see that in French and specialy in Italia (i don't now why maybe because they have a great café) they don't have Starbuck :p. Normal ?
- OropheR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There are some starbucks in France...unfortunately.
I just hope Starbuck$ wont come in Lithuania. A Latte made in an average coffeeshop in Vilnius is better than a Latte made by starbuck$ anywhere in the world.
I worked for Starbucks for several years in the UK, and guess what, I really discovered black Coffee in the Netherlands and got addicted.(Starbuck$ has its europeean brewery base near Amsterdam, but no shops, fortunately).
- OropheR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There are some starbucks in France...unfortunately.
- aroedl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Make sure to check out the other infographics:
http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/infographics/ - cuerty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wish they open one here in .ar
- gd007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1this is imagination.
- xOCxKILLSx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1typical USA Toady 5th grade level readers are the ones who get fooled by these types of graphs
- plasmatic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Tim Horton's ftw!
- MrHate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I was gonna say that this is wrong because there's definitely more Starbucks joints in Australia than what the graph says (~99) but then I read what others have said about the map being made in 2003. Probably pretty accurate for that time.
Gloria Jean's Coffee is more popular here in Australia (in Sydney at least) mainly because they advertise on TV (Starbucks don't) and have little "mini" stores in shopping malls that are like little kiosks.
How uninteresting... :/ - fatas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Lewis Black did a funny piece on the end of the world: In Texas 2 Starbucks on the same street.
Hopefully its still on YouTube - Osjpr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Look at Australia. What whorage of real estate.
- SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Ok, I've got some real estate for you. Around 24 S 129 E, you can live there as long as you want... Or live as long as you can... whichever comes first...
- SuperCujo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Ok, I've got some real estate for you. Around 24 S 129 E, you can live there as long as you want... Or live as long as you can... whichever comes first...
- revwolfwood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2wow. all i can say is holy crap.
- xtremesniper, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Seriously someone should make a map of Tim Hortons locations. I think there may be more of those in Canada alone than Starbucks in all of North America.
- JeffBoyaredi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I love the smell of Starbucks in the morning. Smells like. . .victory.
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