Starbucks in Gonzales, La. is a hub for Katrina rescue workers and cops

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As rescue workers and evacuees have inundated the area, business at the Gonzales Starbucks has doubled. It has run out of most breakfast foods, especially coffee cake and blueberry muffins. Employees started serving jumbo cookies in the mornings instead. There also has been a run on Starbucks' largest drink size, venti. The store ran out of venti cups and lids for the next-largest size, grande. "We had one guy get eight shots" of espresso, said Jennifer Hicks, Starbucks' district manager. (Boston Globe)

Comments

[Writer_NW]

i heard from a friend that heard it from her best friends dad that Starbucks didn't support the hurricane relief effort or anyone associated with it!

AHHHH! Starbucks doesn't support relief efforts!

(sarcasm)

[sbux]

That's not true. While I can't remember the exact information, I did get a voicemail on my SBUX voicemail giving the information of the donations that the company made. Anyone remember what it was? I remember it being fairly sizeable.

[Myke Merlow]

I have only been into a Starbucks, twice and I have lived in Manhattan and am a serious coffee drinker, and each time I needed to use the bathroom. I did buy a coffee, and was put off by the time it took and the cost. Plus I had to put my own milk and that took more time.

It is remarkable that this company is such a success. The opportunity to sit at a table, in a busy city, with other people is the biggest part of their success.

[William McMullin]

STARBUCKS SPONSORS RODEOS

Starbucks has been sponsoring numerous rodeos. Learn more about Starbucks and their specific sponsorships at www.buckstarbucks.com

E-mail Starbucks. Tell them you won’t buy while they are sponsoring cruel rodeo events: http://www.starbucks.com/customer/contact_forms.asp?nav=3f&cookie%5Ftest=1

Post this flyer around bulletin boards in your community/campus: http://www.sharkonline.org/BuckStarbucks.pdf

Also, sign the online petition to Starbucks: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/787688008?ltl=1130167795

Fax Starbucks at 206-447-0828 so their corporate officials will see your responses too.

Learn about rodeos at www.bucktherodeo.com and WATCH A VIDEO ON RODEOS at http://walklightly.org/rodeo/Rodeo%20Streaming%20Video%20(high).wmv

Organic Consumers Association has a campaign against Starbucks too: http://www.organicconsumers.org/starbucks/downloads.cfm#fax

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Buck Starbucks Campaign Update
The Deception Runs Deep Inside: Hidden Sponsorships, Our Call for Activists

Message from Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK):

We were all surprised. We expected more from a company that waves its ‘progressive’ and ‘socially responsible’ flag so high and so brightly.

When SHARK discovered that Starbucks had sponsored the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo—one of the most appalling rodeos that SHARK has documented—we could attribute it to a momentary lack in judgment by the company’s management. Boy, were we wrong.

The lies just keep coming. When SHARK initially contacted Starbucks about the matter of the Cheyenne Frontier Days’ ad, Starbucks insinuated that we were mistaken. They said didn’t know anything about such an ad, and that we were probably wrong. Consumers who called were told by Starbucks, “No, we don’t sponsor sporting events.” So, SHARK showed them the ad. After a bit of balking, Starbucks spun their story to say they are proud to support local “festivals” and that the ad only cost $250

While we all know there is nothing “sporting” about rodeo, Starbucks made that misleading statement to imply that they do not sponsor rodeo-related events without specifically stating that. They didn’t want to get caught in a lie. Starbucks wanted everyone to believe that the Cheyenne Frontier Days support was an isolated incident. In fact, when SHARK further discovered that Starbucks is a sponsor of Miss Rodeo Washington, Starbucks again said they didn’t know anything about it and refused comment.

Now, we are really seeing how deep the deception goes. SHARK learned this week that Starbucks was not only a Gold Spur Sponsor at the Belton Rodeo in Texas, but also sponsored last week’s American Royal rodeo in Kansas City, Missouri. Starbucks must really be taking us for fools and is hanging tight to the belief that their big green flag will distract everyone.

The American Royal is a rodeo that SHARK has investigated and documented for the last two years. We have seen this event to be one of the most abusive and malicious rodeos around. How many more Starbucks rodeo sponsorships will we dig up? Who knows--and Starbucks isn’t talking.

The Belton PRCA Rodeo in Texas gave a very telling ‘thank you’ to all of their sponsors, including Starbucks, saying, “It is because of you that we are able to continue this event that impacts everyone’s heart and pocket books in this community.” Does Starbucks dare to claim that their company dollars are not subsidizing this animal-abusing industry? Look no further than the rodeos themselves, which say again in Belton, “Thank you for your continuous support in keeping the 80-year Rodeo tradition alive.”

There it is folks, from the mouths of the Rodeo Mafia: their corporate sponsors keep rodeo alive. Dead steer. Dead calves. Dead horses. But, rodeo ALIVE.

Please, continue telling Starbucks to stop supporting the shameful rodeo industry! If you were one of those that have been lied to by Starbucks about their involvement, call back and demand to have these newly discovered sponsorships addressed. Let them know that people are no longer looking up at the pretty flag. We've seen the pile of...crap at the bottom of their flagpole.

[Marilyn Weaver]

I've seen pictures of the tramatized animals at the rodeo. I could not believe my eyes. Even young calves are brutalized. To see these pictures, is to make you furious and want to get involved. Shark will get a large donation from me to be used in the fight to shut down this un-American "sport". I will also spread the word of this malignancy and volunteer to help Shark get rid of this blot of a so called "entertainment" venue. Shame on the companies that sponsor such cruel events. They will hear from me as well.

Starbucks has made a commitment of five million dollars a year for five years for Hurricane Katrina victims. This is great because they will still be giving millions when everyone else has forgotten about it.

[-m]

Bull$hit.
Starbucks does have a rigid policy on NOT advertising at sporting events. Corporate would never sponsor a rodeo. LC stores have done this kind of thing from time to time, but they always get a stern talking to.
Here is a list of the official sposors"
http://www.cfdrodeo.com/sponsors.cfm

Hey -m you aren't right

Look at the Texas Rangers stadium. Starbucks has multiple adverisements there. It's a regional issue. I beleive the ads are on the outfield walls and some of the decks. They are company owned regional initiatives.

[William McMullin]

For proof of Starbuck's rodeo sponsorship, go to www.buckstarbucks.com