Is there no Starbucks at SFO T3 airside?
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You probably know that we both live near the original Peet's location. Kinda cute how many locals incorrectly believe that this is still a local business. I love Peet's, but I don't see why anyone would choose them over Starbucks for any reason other than the product offerings.
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You probably know that we both live near the original Peet's location. Kinda cute how many locals incorrectly believe that this is still a local business. I love Peet's, but I don't see why anyone would choose them over Starbucks for any reason other than the product offerings.
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There is a Starbucks pre-security in T3, if you really need to, you could pop out and go back in. At least there's an option at SFO - it looks like the new OAK concessions will remove all of the airport's Starbucks to be replaced with Peet's and other coffee options. (Despite the global ownership of Peet's, Peet's HQ is still located in the East Bay, in Emeryville - while not locally-owned anymore, they still do have a local presence).
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Fair enough, but "I like to support large foreign companies that locate their divisional HQ in my metro area" doesn't sound as compelling as "I support local businesses."
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At the risk of further tilting this thread towards OMNI/PR, it's a perfect expression of the inherent contradictions of localism in a globalized world.
And I simply cannot understand why someone would want a Starbucks at all, let alone when a Peets is available.
And I simply cannot understand why someone would want a Starbucks at all, let alone when a Peets is available.
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The same reason that someone would want a McD's when a burger you consider superior at a similar price is available. The same reason why someone might throw a Pepsi (your personal favorite) at your face if you served it, but think Coke is the greatest beverage on earth. For me, I don't love the drip coffee of either, but either will do. All things being equal, the one with the shorter line. I certainly wouldn't go landside for it. There is another *bux landside in T2.
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Regarding the actual coffee issue, my parents each had a "saying" that applies here, politics of airports and life aside:
"there's no accounting for taste"
"that's what makes horse races"
"there's no accounting for taste"
"that's what makes horse races"