Starbucks under fire for price hike
2010-01-06
Starbucks Coffee Korea has come under criticism from consumers for raising prices by 300 won on Jan. 1.
Consumers began paying 300 won more for a cup of latte, Americano, tea and hot chocolate. A 355-milliliter cup of Americano now costs 3,600 won, while the Cafe Latte costs 4,100 won. The short size 237-milliliter cup of drip coffee is now 2,800 won and the tall 3,300 won...
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More Korean Starbucks stores sell CDs
2009-12-11 |
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Starbucks Korea Coffee Korea Co., the Korean division of Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee shop chain, said Thursday that more of its stores were selling music CDs, according to the Yonhap News.
Four outlets in the southern port city of Busan have been selling CDs since the beginning of this week in a joint venture with Shinsegae Co., according to Starbucks Coffee Korea.
Some 40 stores in Seoul and Busan have already been selling pop, jazz and classical music CDs in cooperation with Universal Music Group, the world's largest recording company, the company said.
from The Korea Herald
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