If you live in the Northeast or the Sunbelt, expect to be doling out just a little bit more for your Starbucks double-shot-no-whip-extra-foam-vanilla latte, as the company is raising prices in those areas by about 1 percent.
It won’t just be caffeine junkies in New York, Boston, Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas and Albuquerque feeling the uptick, as Chipotle Mexican Grill, McDonald’s and other operators are compensating for high prices of coffee, milk and fuel, reports the New York Post.
Starbucks already raised prices on certain drinks in California and Florida last year, so those locations will not be affected by this most recent hike.
Since everyone is already seemingly used to paying too much for drinks at Starbucks, the theory posited by the article goes, the company likely won’t be met with too much of an uproar. To keep as many customers happy as possible at one time, they usually institute market-by-market price increases instead of instituting changes across the board.
Starbucks raising prices [New York Post]
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An extra 1% Mocha Fru-Fru Latte for the 1%! How can they create jobs with this sort of shenanigans going on?
Most of the working class have sworn off Starbucks, because we just can’t afford it.
It’s way to expensive. I’m fine drinking my coffee at home, or from DD when I need my fix if we’re out and about. Besides DD is tastier and cheaper
DD is good. Caribou Coffee is probably my favorite coffee joint though.
Oh man I miss Caribou…their baked goods were outstanding too. Hubs would call it Moose Coffee.
Oh man I loooooooooooooove Caribou. Sucks they are also a bit pricey. Dangerous too cause one is right near my office.
Just Coffee’s Revolution Roast is just about the tastiest coffee I have ever had. Also, the Just Coffee organization is a great one to support, given their policies on transparency.
I looked at their website. With so much about transparency, their financial statements are pretty lacking. Why not any audited/reviewed F/S or even a tax return?
You could probably ask them. I’m not in charge of their financials, so probably not the best person to ask.
Yeah bucks used to be a weekly or even more frequent thing, now it’s a rare thing maybe twice a month. I always think about what else we could have spent the $10 (2 damn drinks) on.
I registered my Starbucks card and now get free refills on brewed coffee. I’ve paid 1.62 for a tall, pulled out my laptop and stayed 6hrs + just getting refills from my card. Can anybody say 2nd office?
I really can’t stand the flavor of over priced, burnt coffee in my mouth. ! . I would splurge on Starfux, if they actually made a decent cup of Blue Mountain or something else that is worthy.
Exactly! They’ve somehow managed to convince the world that they make great coffee, but it’s really pretty sad stuff. If they offered it for 99 cents per cup, I still wouldn’t buy that charred, nasty swill.
I would HATE if starbucks started buying good beans. There’s simply not enough AAA coffee in the world to meet that kind of demand… and if there were, those of us who actually take the time to get the most out of it would lose out.
Got a quality espresso machine for home last month, and already have paid for it by half.
I hotrodded my espresso machine (PID mod), and roast and grind my own beans at home. Not only is the result better than anything I can buy locally -even the independent coffee shops only have semi-skilled baristas, maybe 1 shot in 10 is as good as what I make at home- I can’t even imagine how many times over this dinky $60 machine has paid for itself.
What kind of machine is it? I’ve been looking for one, but none of the $60-ish models I’ve seen have received very good reviews.
It’s actually a model by hamilton beach that I don’t believe is in production anymore. It’s this model:
http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Beach-40729-Espresso-Cappuccino/dp/B0006FU8AG/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
And here’s where I learned how to hack it -this same technique applies to any entry-level pump-driven espresso machine (you don’t want to go down the steam-driven route):
http://silk-purse-espresso.blogspot.com/2006/03/snatching-excellence-from-jaws-of.html
I think ebay is the only place you can find these now. But I’m sure other lower-end espresso machines can be modded… just make sure they’re pump driven and don’t have a pressurized portafilter.
I was a heartbeat away from buying my first bean roaster when I picked up this machine NIB at my local Salvation Army for $25:
http://www.wholelattelove.com/Lavazza/lava_point.cfm
I’m still proud of that deal. Italians know their espresso, too.
I pay $1.65 after tax for a tall brewed coffee. Then I get free refills with my rewards card. It is not that expensive if you order regular coffee instead of espresso drinks. Their espresso drinks are mostly milk and sugar anyway.
Doppio espresso macchiato (the only *real* espresso drink at starbucks, the rest are really just flavored milk / desert drinks) are $2, though most baristas screw them up regularly.
Lattes and cappuccinos are no longer real espresso drinks in your world?
Starbucks uses 2-3x the amount of milk you’d normally be getting in most drinks (don’t even get me started on the “caramel macchiato”). The reason they do this is because their espresso is over-extracted (hence, bitter) from beans that are roasted too dark. They’ve actually improved it quite a bit recently (it’s still just ‘ok’ by most objective espresso standards) with the training and equipment initiatives, but this is ‘merica and apparently we like our coffee drinks like our waistlines (GINORMOUS) so the standard formula remains. TL;DR: they mask the taste of their narsty ‘spresso with vulgar amounts of milk.
Ok I’ll give you that one. The rare times I get Starbucks I get extra shots because I actually want to taste some coffee. I hate living in the suburbs now where there is no good coffee chops
I wish that my cable bill was only going to increase by 1%
Anyone else just get a letter from Comcast announcing rate increases again?
UGH. Where are you, we haven’t gotten one…. yet ( MD here )
and I’m hoping they don’t send us one
Connecticut.
If my heath care could increase by “only 1%”…
I quit cable. I can’t quit health care.
Amen to that. We got this nifty 2% “cost of living” raise for Christmas…only to find out our insurance contributions are going up. My raise will just about cover the increase, so much for food, gas, etc.
I think most people would be happy with “only 10%” increase in health insurance premiums.
Comcast wishes they were keeping those $. Comcast’s bill to the content companies (Disney, Time Warner, etc.) went up about 9% per customer last year.
I got a machine inspired by reading the consumerist article about staff scraping shit off of bathroom walls and returning to the coffee machines afterwards. Going to save $50 per month too.
o.O
Sounds like a shitty deal to me….
Challenge the 1%. Occupy Starbucks!
This Dallasite won’t notice because this Dallasite makes their own coffee…at home!
Lattes don’t typically come with whipped cream. Just sayin’.
-Former Seattle’s Best barista
Liked it more when it was Stewart Brothers Coffee… yeah, I’m old school.
Who cares, I don’t drink it I don’t like it and they price themselves out of customers already over paying who cares.
Unless I’m horribly bad at math….wouldn’t something that costs 5 dollars and change now cost about 5 cents more?
I don’t see a 1% price hike to be something to get all uppity about….
I kind of doubt those things will be going up “only 1%”
The typical increase was $0.10 per drink. I think one drink went up $0.15 (Tall brewed coffee) and another went up $0.20 (Venti Americano).
Disclaimer: I’m a supervisor in Dallas.
It’s actually slightly more because in many places you’re taxed on that amount too. So you’re paying more per drink, and more on the taxes levied against it.
I’ve never bought coffee in a Starbucks in my life. Raise the prices all you want!
I heard a report this morning and the reporter said since bux already has a higher income customer & they feel it shouldn’t affect them. So when the low end of the bux demographic can’t afford them those customers will be replaced by…wait for it…more outrageously high prices.
Will the Barristas get higher tips?
Oh no, my four dollar coffee will go up 4 cents. Deal breaker right there.
Praise be to my wonderful family for getting me a Keurig coffee machine for Christmas. No more overpriced Starbucks yaahooo!
Wait ’til you see how much you’re spending on those little Keurig cups. I know quite a few people that mothballed those things.
Still a LOT cheaper than SB.
I know right? My boyfriend only ever uses the Keurig machine despite owning a drip coffee maker and an espresso maker as well. I will admit that having “instant” hot water for tea/coca/oatmeal/couscous is nice but, I still buy swiss miss packets and old fashioned tea bags for me.
No brand of K cup that I’ve tried makes a k cup tea that isn’t horribly watered down and weak and his machine refuses to make coca cups properly… it always clogs on the powder and back flows which results in me tearing the top off of the cup and dumping it into the cup just like a swiss miss packet. So why spend 60-80 cents a cup then on a fancy k cup version? :/
Still a lot cheaper than Starbucks or Dunkin though. The macchiato he likes at Starbucks is like $6.
Refillable K-Cup, $10.78
http://www.amazon.com/ekobrew-Refillable-Keurig-Brewers-1-Count/dp/B0051SU0OW
Try the Italian Roast K-Cup. Outstanding and better than SB!
While I have the refill stuff, I order the replacements on line. Shipping is free and the cost of the coffee drops to half. I love that machine.
A vanilla latte comes without whip anyways usually so you wouldn’t need to say no-whip when ordering it
This is news because…what – the increase is so low?
Always get a refill! The premium on a cup of coffee is high (about $2.15 for a venti after tax) but if you throw in the 55 cent refill, you’re looking at a more tolerable $2.70 for two cups / $1.35 a cup.
Of course this relies on the fact that you have to pay for the overpriced cup first, but if you were looking to sit around and mooch coffee all morning, Starbucks is still a relatively cheap place to do that.
My only complaint is trying to find a place that actually runs its dark roasts for more than a few hours a day….I go there too early, it’s “Pike’s”, I go there too late, it’s “Pike’s”. Pike’s is not a good coffee, despite what Starbucks may claim, or at least it’s not my cup of….tea?