Boycott Starbucks ??

[Big J R]

Guess I won't be drinking Starbucks anymore ! !

 

Recently Marines in Iraq wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffees and to request that they send some of it to the troops there.

 

Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support of their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyone in it, and that they would not send the troops their brand of coffee.

 

So as not to offend Starbucks, maybe we should not support them by buying any of their products!

 

I feel we should get this out in the open.

 

"I know this war might not be very popular with some folks, but that doesn't mean we don't support the boys on the ground fighting street-to-street and house-to-house.

 

If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can discard it and no one will never know.

 

Thanks very much for your support. I know you'll all be there again when I deploy once more.

 

Sgt. Howard C. Wright

1st Force Recon Co

1st Plt PLT "

 

Also, don't forget that when the Twin Trade Towers were hit the fire fighters and rescue workers went to Starbucks because it was close by for water for the survivors and workers and Starbucks charged them ! ! !

 

JUST A NOTE TO THIS: STARBUCKS HAD STORES ON SEVERAL MILITARY BASES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE NOW BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF THIS. GO GET 'EM AMERICA. STAND-UP FOR OURSELVES!

 

There are also 227 stores across the UK and there's no doubt that our soldiers would get the same response from this company.

 

 

 

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/pressdesc.asp?id=684

[Willo the Cat]

A few examples of their generosity include:

 

Each week Starbucks partners (employees) receive one free pound of coffee. On an individual, grass roots level, many partners (employees) in the U. S. have collected their free coffee and shipped thousands of pounds of Starbucks coffee overseas.

 

Partners in our Atascadero, California store sent their personal weekly allotment of coffee to troops in Afghanistan so they would be able to enjoy a little taste of home.

 

Our customer relations department in Seattle donated hundreds of pounds of coffee to the sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier.

 

I know I would just prefer the POUNDS

 

Help for Heroes

[Rhodes]

I see someone's busy at work in darkest Portsmouth!

[Willo the Cat]

not me I was taking the last 3 days off playing football