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		<title>Three New Things at Starbucks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought these things were already being done at Starbucks, but I guess people get lazy over the years and that&#8217;s exactly what last nights training was about. According to Valleywag.com: 1. Richer espresso mix. Starbucks espresso machines have been recalibrated to mix a stronger dose. It&#8217;s not as powerful as Peet&#8217;s, but it&#8217;s more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=23</link>
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		<title>No laptop.  No problem.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some &#8220;improv&#8221; pranksters in New York decided that laptops were just to convenient to take into your local Starbucks. They decided to take their full sized desktop PC&#8217;s with wifi into Starbucks and setup shop. Seems like the partners didn&#8217;t do anything since they were paying customers. Hopefully this doesn&#8217;t become the norm with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=22</link>
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		<title>Starbucks new book coming soon&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here comes the new hit book of the season, &#8220;Beautiful Boy: A Father&#8217;s Journey through His Son&#8217;s Addiction.&#8221; Since it will be heavily promoted by Starbucks it should be shooting up the best sellers lists and topics of conversation quickly. I personally think that books are the best media tie-in promotion that Starbucks runs. Movies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=21</link>
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		<title>No decaf black and tan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to the Upper Queen Anne Starbucks tonight and tried to get a decaf &#8220;black and tan.&#8221; A new drink that is being tested in two Seattle stores that is double strength Italian Roast coffee with velvety foam. However, for some reason you can&#8217;t ask to have them make a decaf Italian, or any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=20</link>
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		<title>Want an iPod Touch with those beans?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the 3rd to the 17th of February all employees at the two stores that sells the most whole bean coffee during that time. This seems like a pretty big promotion if they will be giving away probably 40 or so $250 iPod Touches. I know I&#8217;d be working hard as a barista to try [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=19</link>
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		<title>Jim Donald&#8217;s severance package: $1.25M</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jim Donald is being let go with a fairly small severance package as far as major publicly traded companies go. With a salary of $1M a year, and then further stock options Jim Donald will get $1.25 over the coure of the rest of the year for his severance package. Again, I think it&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=18</link>
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		<title>New lids feel like 7-11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are these new cheaper and not as well designed lids being rolled out everywhere? I just got my morning drink and am not to happy with the new lids. They feel like they would be hard for the baristas to put on without smashing, and they just dont&#8217; feel sturdy like a Starbucks to-go cup [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=17</link>
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		<title>Have you had a &#8220;Clover?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was at the Upper Queen Anne Starbucks in Seattle yesterday and noticed a new seperate group of machines with special branding around them. I asked what one of the machines that I had never seen before was and I was told it was a &#8220;Clover,&#8221; a coffee press. That it makes a french press [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=16</link>
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		<title>Hershey&#8217;s and Starbucks coming together</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like Hershey&#8217;s is looking for a way to boost their sales and that Starbucks is of course looking for the same with some good chocolate. Starting in March Hershey&#8217;s and Starbucks are partnering on a line of chocolate which I guess could bring together the best of both worlds. What I wonder is, will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=15</link>
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		<title>Top 3 execs don&#8217;t get bonuses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good to see a large company like Starbucks keeping their bonuses in check. Howard, Jim Donald, and Jim Alling didn&#8217;t recieve their stock bonuses last year becasue of the poor performance Starbucks had in 2007. I&#8217;m really happy to see something like this with a large publicly traded company. I feel that these execs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thestarbucksinsider.com/?p=14</link>
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