RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

2013-10-29 Thread authfriend
No break needed, Bhairitu, I read the whole article. What was it you thought I had missed? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: I'll cut you are break that you probably didn't read the full article because it is very long. Towards the end he discussed Starbucks' issues. A week or

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

2013-10-29 Thread Bhairitu
I'll cut you are break that you probably didn't read the full article because it is very long. Towards the end he discussed Starbucks' issues. A week or so ago I posted an article about the disparity in pricing at Starbucks in different areas of the world and how the Chinese are paying the mos

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

2013-10-29 Thread authfriend
OK, it's just that Starbucks has been very firm that they have no intention of replacing their baristas with robots. I suspect the "word was" from reporters who thought pretending Starbucks was considering it would grab eyeballs (or earballs, in your case). Apparently they were right. ;-) Barry

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

2013-10-28 Thread Bhairitu
On the radio (remember those). But I was actually searching for the article when I came across Starbucks automation page. Here is one recent story about coffee automation: http://qz.com/134661/briggo-coffee-army-of-robot-baristas-could-mean-the-end-of-starbucks-as-we-know-it/ On 10/28/2013 03

RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

2013-10-28 Thread authfriend
The word was from where/whom? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Those are probably for businesses like the place where Turq works and also probably might make sense for some convenience stores. But the word was these may also replace a baristas at some regular Starbucks. I wo

Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

2013-10-28 Thread Bhairitu
Those are probably for businesses like the place where Turq works and also probably might make sense for some convenience stores. But the word was these may also replace a baristas at some regular Starbucks. I would have to see how much a Seattle's Best machine costs. We have those a Safeway

[FairfieldLife] RE: Starbucks Automation

2013-10-28 Thread doctordumbass
You'd really have to like coffee to buy one for personal use - 15K for the small one (164 drinks), and 19K for the bigger one - (850 drinks). ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Following up on Turq's post about the automated espresso machine at work, here's Starbuck's machines: