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Starbucks SBUX
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48 Thanks, do you know if McDonalds ROE has always been 20% or just when cost of mBrian K. Bliesner-8/20/1996
47 Rod you can't measure all companies by one standard. If one looks hard enouBrian K. Bliesner-8/20/1996
46 Rod, I was actually considering the possibility that SBUX is using low-margin GloriaE-8/20/1996
45 Brian, I totally agree with you. However I must say that Rod has a point regardJean-Pierre Abe-8/19/1996
44 Well Pierre, doesn't that just figure, when you live next door to the plantWalleyB-8/19/1996
43 Don't confuse margins with profitability. I don't know if McDonalds haSturgeon-8/19/1996
42 Good point. But fixed price contracts run out and have to be renewed at prevaiSturgeon-8/19/1996
41 Gloria, Your suggestion is that Starbucks purposely follows a lower margin strSturgeon-8/19/1996
40 Did they not metion in an SEC filling that they have fixed price contracts for Pierre Borczuk-8/19/1996
39 The ice cream comes in quart sizes and is $3.99 here in the northeast, when comPierre Borczuk-8/19/1996
38 Hi folks. It's great to see a lively discussion about SBUX since I've Randy Tidd-8/19/1996
37 Rod, If a company is able to operate at a lower margin than its competitors thGloriaE-8/19/1996
36 Have you ever looked at McDonalds? Certainly not a high margin company or the bBrian K. Bliesner-8/19/1996
35 Gloria, It's not low margins that make a company competitive, but low pricSturgeon-8/18/1996
34 -->> I wonder why the stock price has been going up so much lately. The WalleyB-8/18/1996
33 Jean-Pierre, Giuseppe Scalamogna I love this international flavor, Viva La WalleyB-8/17/1996
32 Rod, I like arguments backed by facts and numbers. You are right about the prGloriaE-8/17/1996
31 Gloria, I'm glad I've influenced at least one person to take a closer Sturgeon-8/17/1996
30 Rod, I very much appreciate your insightful posts about SBUX. They caused me GloriaE-8/15/1996
29 You don't think it's a pyramid scheme? Then explain to me how they groSturgeon-8/15/1996
28 If you get into a Pyramid scheme early enough, then it _does_ work. But I don&Ken Berkun-8/15/1996
27 Starbucks is a pyramid scheme.... Starbucks is without question a pyramid scheSturgeon-8/15/1996
26 Hi Ken... I just kinda knew it! saw your bio... i went to Davis in 1963, transfSONAR-8/14/1996
25 Starbucks DOES have stations in Microsoft buildings. Well, they serve StarbuckKen Berkun-8/13/1996
24 starbucks opens coffe-stations in microsoft buildings... not really true... i SONAR-8/13/1996
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