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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
I know but I wonder if the parking charges materially affected Sbux sales from that location.
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Originally Posted by Shazam
That mall is basically in the richest part of Calgary, they probably tip city workers.
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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
And the Sbux was expanded. Strange. There’s also a Monogram Coffee a few doors down.
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As already mentioned, Starbucks are chopping locations left, right, and centre. Unprofitable, profitable, new, old, etc. Monogram wouldn't have helped them. But I'm sure that this is a Starbucks issue vs. a parking issue.
Parking is like a buck an hour. While paying for parking sucks anywhere, the smart folks know that the Park Plus app is the best way to feed the necessary evil. Grabbing a coffee to go would be like $0.07. Stay in for an hour? A cool dollar.
Obviously the barrier, particularly in that neighbourhood, isn't a financial one but perhaps a mental one. But if someone is pre-ordering their latte on the Starbucks app, they can certainly handle the Park Plus one too. Even my dad does the Park Plus app, and he's 74.