New York isn’t the only place where politicians are pushing for a soda tax. Cash-strapped legislatures around the country are increasingly looking to soda taxes as a politically palatable way to raise funds under the guise of public health initiative.
Of course such a tax would hurt the poor most of all. But just because you [...]
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A soda tax will hit your frappuccino too [soda tax]
Starbucks’ colonization of NYC [map]
Starbucks and New York go together like, well, like Starbucks and New York.
It is easy to understand why we associate the Seattle coffee giant so strongly with New York City. After all, there are more than 193 Starbucks outlets blanketing the island of Manhattan. That works out to more than 8 Starbucks per square mile, [...]
Making the world safe for free refills and decent coffee
I’ve written before about how American chains like McDonald’s and Starbucks are slowing colonizing the world—bringing with them great American innovations like free refills and decent coffee. Thanks to the blog Chart Porn, we’ve now got a great visualization of the progress we’re making.
God Bless America and God Bless Chain Restaurants!
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MINUTEMEN UPDATE: Starbucks comes to Warsaw Bloc
For being the land that invented the coffee house, Eastern Europe offers some dismal choices when it comes to modern coffee shops, as anyone who has traveled there knows all too well.
Coffee shops themselves are few and far between in Eastern Europe. When you do successfully find one—typically disguised as “Café—you’ll likely find that they [...]
What makes Europe Stink €2. Nescafé Instant Coffee
Europeans love to look down on Americans. They poke fun at our history, mock our mannerisms, and guffaw when confronted with our cultural achievements. But there is nothing that gives Europeans more pleasure than mocking our food and often-rushed eating habits. To the Europeans, our convenience-based food culture is the very meaning of uncouth.
But behind [...]
