Tag: Starbucks
My New Favourite Coffee Company
Watch out Starbucks, watch out Costa…Change Please is making award-winning coffee and helping the homeless in a great way. And, the public is starting to take note. We had the Change Please founder, Cemal Ezel, speaking at the launch of DisruptionX yesterday. His story is compelling. His organisation is making a positive difference.
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How to get more coffee than you can drink
The company that powers the Starbucks iPhone app is Cashstar, a Global Prepaid Exchange member. Here is an interesting story from The Guardian G2 section about a man getting 1,000 prepaid coffees. The idea behind Stark’s card is simple: if you don’t have the money to buy a coffee, but you do have a smartphone,…
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Starbucks announces UK contactless payment trial
Starbucks: trialling contactless payment in UK stores Starbucks is to follow rivals such as Costa Coffee and McDonalds by offering contactless payments in its UK stores. The coffee-shop chain has signed a deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, allowing consumers to pay for products by scanning their contactless credit or debit card over…
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April Fool? No, It’s Starbucks Rebranding
I had to check the date on this story, “Starbucks drops its name and the word coffee from logo” as I was convinced it was a wind-up. It was published on 6 January 2011: Starbucks is to remove their name from their logo. Well, I think it is madness. I’ve already experienced the brand identification…
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