Woo - hoo Starbucks!

Kudos to the Longmeadow team!

I can't make it through the day without at least one Whole Milk Vanilla latte with extra vanilla, and whipped cream...YUMMY.  I have three different stores that I frequent and they all know my preference and they automatically make my drink!  LOVE IT.

Congratulations Starbucks!  I've been a lover of Starbucks for 12 years now.  While I enjoy the coffee immensely, I must say part of the experience is enjoying your Baristas.  I'm usually greeted by name, they already know my favorite coffee drink,  good conversation and always friendly service.  THAT is always a recipe for success.  Keep up the good work.

My husband and I are huge fans!!!!  Congrats on making #1 but really, there is no real competition : )  We even make it our special secret date spot on occasion for a break away from the kids to enjoy a seconds on the yummy goodness.  

Congratulations to Starbucks for being number one. Starbucks has the best coffee and no other coffee can compare to it. Keep up the great work. Starbucks coffee starts my day and ends my day.

I always order a double short, dry, breva cappachino at Starbucks. Nobody makes it better. My coffee I make at home is Starbucks Pike Place Roast. It is a hardy coffee, but not bitter.

Thanks, DLM

The 56th & Summitview Yakima WA staff is wonderful, true ambassadors for Starbucks.  It sure would be nice to have all those wonderful breakfasts everyone is crowing about but we only get oatmeal here.  Of course, since Starbucks dropped decaf, our three favorite flavorings and lemon for our tea we seem to be going less.

Is anyone else disappointed in the current flavoring choices for our lattes?

I would love it if the prices for drinks were better as you guys are putting a hole in my pocket! But thank you for allowing me a place to work and relax (even though the music can be blaring at times!).

I truly enjoy Starbucks and no matter where I am I can always count on getting the same product. I am thrilled that Starbucks has a gluten free orange cake. I hope they get more gluten free foods.

This is AWESOME!! Very well desesrved.  I am a big fan of starbucks because you always have healthier options!! I do a lot of traveling and live at Starbucks when I'm on the road :)

Thanks for doing such a great job and keep it up!!!

Congratulations on a well deserved rating.   I really enjoy the coffees in all types.

I really like the Drive-thru Starbucks.   Wish there were more available.

Tried the breakfast cereal.  Wow!  It was great.

I really miss the manual espresso machines.   The automatic machines do not equal what a well trained barista could produce!

condgrats!   I feel like I live there, its so nice sometimes just to sit and relax. Relax - you know thats what we all need in this Rat Race. Keep up the good work. Keep treating your employees right and they treat us right! ;)

Great coffee drinks, great employees.  It's my place to go to relax, unwind, or get pepped up and to  treat myself to something a little special.

I'm happy that you can almost always find a Starbucks.  Sometimes you just need one!  Just yesterday I got a good report at the doctor and while driving home, told my daughter I had a prescription for Starbucks and we made a quick turn into a nearby one.  It made our day!

A BIG Thank You for bringing the Dark Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers back.  I've got my nieces and friends  "hooked" on them and use the "boxed set" all the name for pick-me-up gifts.  It works!!  Really missed them at Holiday time when they weren't available.  Would really like to request "Discontinued" notices on items or coffee drinks that you decide not to carry anymore so I can "plan"!   Thanks!

I love STARBUCKS COFFEE almost as much as I love my husband.  I can replace him, but not my STARBUCKS COFFEE.

Love their Frapps

AD from Dallas

The coffee is great but it's all about the reduced fat cinnamon swirl coffee cake!!!!

Starbucks is the best!  No other coffe place like it

Mornings would not be the same without your French Roast.

As a regular Starbucks patron and a Starbucks stockholder, I happy that Starbucks continues to maintain it's popularity.  Keep up the good work.  Wherever I travel, one of the first things I look for is Starbucks.  It's a bit of home no matter what my destination is.

maddensa

I am an avid starbucks drinker now-a-days. There is nothing better than a venti passion lemonade ice tea sweetened or a grande java chip frappacino with peppermint and no whip cream. I used to love the little vanilla scone but they changed them and now they are very gross. But other than that starbucks keeps me going through all my classes!

Two coworkers and I first tried Starbuck's while on a business trip in Seattle before you branched out and became famous.  Even though we found ourselves at the litte shop every morning and at every conference break, all three of us agreed that a shop serving only coffee and a few pastries would NEVER make it in Houston, TX....

I can't believe I just admitted that.  In writing.   OK, since I'm feelng so honest, I also didn't think a place serving a fried piece of chicken with 3 pickles on a bun would ever make it either.  I'm heading there now.

Congratulations and keep up the good work!  As a customer, you know you're in trouble when you pick your airlines and hotels by whether or not the pour Starbucks coffee! :-)  (And get really annoyed if they're going to or are located at your required destination!).

Congratulations!  You are truly the best.  I get gift cards all the time and there is a Starbucks drive through right around the corner from me.  You will find me in line everyday for my coffee!

Congratulations again!....Kitty

I love your Mocha Frapuccino.... mmmm... I've tried a variety of your beverages and they are delicious. Keep up whatever you're doing!!

Although your products are great, you have a long way to go on customer service. In the busier shops, you need point-of-sale systems for the customers. Case in point: I tell the cash register person what I want, she asks me to repeat it, she keys it in. She collects the money, she tells one barista to make a coffee product and tells an assistant to get a danish. One of these people doesn't hear or is doing something else, so either she tells them again or I have to repeat my order. I get my danish, but have to wait for the coffee product. When it is ready, it's a 50:50 chance that someone else will pick it up before me. Sure, they'll make another one, but wouldn't you rather fix this system first?

(I haven't even brought up the fact that some lines lead out the door as most stores only have 2 registers. You're losing customers.

Come on, start leading from the front -- get a POS in these stores now.

Sorry but I really don't like the coffee but absolutely adore my soy no water chai lattes!! Always pleasant baristas and fast service. I love that my Starbuck's card gives me the soy for free!

I like the fact that my local Starbucks treats me so well; the employees are helpful and cheerful; that's why I prefer frequenting that Starbucks over others.

Yes - the coffee and service are great... But, 2 comments:

1. Dark roast should be available all day, everywhere. I travel a lot and some airports have only Pike Place - even in the morning - what's up with that???

2. Make the Gold (Black) card do it all. silly to have to pull out 2 registed cards to get the various credits/discounts.

Starbucks ROCKS!  Congratulations!  There are many out there that try to be equals, but to me, there is no comparison.  Fast food?  Not really, other than sandwishes are already made, salads too, but everything is definitely a lot more healthy and fresh.  Of course, they have decadent desserts.  

I love the atmosphere of their coffee houses when I have time to stop and relax because you can do just that - relax.  They are quick on their toes when you need the drive-thru.  What really gets me is that no matter which one I stop at, they always make what I ask for and at the correct temp.  And when I have to do a road trip, I always purchase a case of double-shots because some of the areas I get to are not updated yet.  That way I'm never without.  AMEN!

Starbucks really does a great job of bringing the best coffees and teas to the masses.  Truly wonderful.  Thank you so much.

Forever Yours,

Angie

Congratulations to Starbucks.  While serving in the US Navy in the Seattle Area, I became familar with Starbucks.  Though I am not a coffee drinker.  I am a proud member of  the Starbuck Family who supports a Starbucks drinker whenever she needs one.  Keep up the great  work.

not that this is any great surprise, but congrats all the same :)

I think I am going to get a coffee now, see you!

If you stopped serving Pike Place, which is #2 in the truest meaning of that term, you'd really be #1 in my book.

I refuse to pay for Pike and have walked out many times when your servers have refused to brew a decent cup of non-Pike coffee.

Gregg

Starbucks is one of my favorite coffees, thank you for providing such good quality product. My only regret is certain store employees' hospitality or friendliness not very stable. Thanks again for your good product!

There's no mystery as to why Starbucks was voted #1 coffee, Starbucks makes the BEST cafe latte in Los Angeles, bar none! I couldn't live without them. Thank you, Starbucks!

Yumm and congrats.  Got to have my skinny latte in the morning!  Bottoms up!

I have tried other coffees, even the highly advertised "fast food" places.  There is no comparison.  Starbucks has true coffee flavor.  Love it!

#1, eh?  Great job!  Still the best lattes on the planet.  Expand on the breakfast food/beverage pairings, and you'll see me then too.

Congrats!  We in the Northwest always knew Starbucks was the BEST.   I can always count on good coffee and good snacks at Starbucks no matter where I go.  Thanks!  Makaha Luv

Not only does Starbucks have the best coffee, but they have the best total experience.  There's nothing like the feeling of walking into a Starbucks.  The employees are so friendly and helpful and each morning it's like going home as I walk in, even if it's a Starbucks I've never been to before.

I can see why you were voted #1--great coffee and great service!  Congratulations! Keep up the good work

Congratulations to you!  You deserve the award.  No matter where I go in the world, I can always find you with the same great quality and taste.

Congratulations!  I love Starbucks.  I go as often as I can.  Thanks!

Congrats.....BUT.

If you keep closing stores where I live, I will be drinking someone else's coffee! Also, there are stores that only serve Pike's Place now, which is bland and boring. You always need a bold morning pick for your customers who love variety (Gold Coast! Verona!) and a stronger coffee. Don't forget your core customers.

Congrats on being #1!  I do hope, though, that this success won't go to your collective corporate heads. I hope you'll stop mucking around with the *other* beverages/products you provide. I speak specifically of the Vivanno Banana Mango Protein drink. You've changed the formula and the flavor is weak. You had a great product and you made it less appealing. Why change it? If it ain't broke, DON'T FIX IT! This goes for the pastries, as well. In my region Western NY, specifically Rochester), you'e discontinued the sugar cookies as well as the WONDERFUL ginger molasses cookies. Why? I have found them in *other* areas (Midwest and in Canada), but can't get them here. I do love you products and your ethos, but I wish you'd leave a good thing ALONE!

No need to thank me, I did not vote for Starbucks. Starbucks quality is not what it once was in bar drinks and beans.

As a Seattle resident, I prefer Peets or Intelligencia Coffee anyday over Starbucks!

Congratulations!

I start my day with Starbucks for the past ten years.

Enjoy every drop of it and more

Can't have too much Starbucks!

As a nurse I am looking to help people as much as I can. And I can say, with confidence, that the fair trade agreement that Starbucks has with its coffee growers has really impressed me and keep sme coming back to my store. I feel that every time I buy a drink I am helping someone improve their life. Thank you Starbucks for looking out for the 'little man'.

Amazing, a coffee place finally being voted best coffee..... barely beating out dunkin donuts.    6107 total people in the survey??    What does that really count for out of 280+ million?   There's almost 3000 people in my building at work.

Congrats Starbucks! I too agree; we have another big chain here called Biggby and while I used to go there all the time because they are a MI based company and I like to support local business, I have since switched back to my first Love in coffee, and that is no one other than you!

Congrats Starbucks! Love this year's Arabian Mocca Sanani...and the crew in the Yorktown, NY store are top notch. As a former partner and loyal customer, I'm constantly reminded of a profound saying that still stays with me: "Starbucks isn't in the coffee business serving people; its in the people business serving coffee." So true.

I have thoroughly Starbucks throughout the years.  I have tried other brands, but nothing comes close to Starbucks.  It is truly a different  top tasting coffee I enjoy on a regular basis.

Congrats Starbucks!!  This is great news to share among friends.

I really enjoy Starbucks (skinny hazelnut lattes).  I am a gold card member and disturbed that the airport Starbucks (DFW) did not honor the card.  Why?

Love my afternoon Starbucks Skinny Latte.  We have 2 gold cards for the office.  This is the BEST employee benefit of all ... people want to work for us just to get their afternoon fix.  Clients love those cards that we distribute at Xmas time.  Each employee at our clients get their very own $5 card.  It is a winner.  JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING.  The employees are always so pleasant too!

Congratulations on being #1.  Of course, there are lots of us Starbuckers who already knew that.  Keep doing what you have been doing.

I start my morning, every morning, at Starbucks!  It's like going to Cheers where everybody knows your name.  Keep up the customer service!

Congratulations to Starbucks for being number one. We moved from Seattle  Taos NM 13 years ago as a Starbuck’s fan.  Our granddaughter is a Barista in Seattle. We were disappointed when we were promised a Starbucks in Taos…and now we have to drive 50 miles to Santa Fe to get our Starbuck fix (and beans). We were “bred” on Starbucks.

Congratulations!!  Starbucks is the only place that makes coffee the way the customer wants.  I have no desire to change my coffee house.  

I really enjoy my Starbucks almost everyday when I take my morning walk at the beach.  I do wish Starbucks offered incentives, i.e. a punch card or coupons for free coffee.  We appreciate the thanks for being loyal customers, but how about showing your appreciation for same.

Congrats! I am a long time lover of Starbucks.  I have tried the others...but each time...something was just not right.  Their syrups taste generic.  STill haven't found anything to replace the taste.

CONGRATULATIONS STARBUCKS!!! Now the country will know what my family and friends already know; that Starbucks is a fantastic, refreshing, and lovely place to explore flavor and taste treats made by people that care! (I just wish I could work at Starbucks home office to help tell that story!) Congrats on your hard work!

Congratulations!  Starbucks is my crack addiction I love to get the quad-venti white mocha, I LOVE, LOVE it, thanks for the great service and friendly smiles.

Keep up the good work!

Starbucks, hands down, has the absolute best tasting coffee on the planet.  Congrat's on your 'win'!'   Looking forward to buying the newest thing going:  the re-useable "ice" venti size plastic cups with re-useable straws.  Can't find them here in the 'ol Grand Canyon state of Arizona but we'll keep a look out for 'em.!

Congratulations!!!!  I always start my day with a Iced Quad Venti White Mocha..  Yumm

Congradulations Starbucks!  Many other restaurants/fast food places are trying to compete, but haven't come anywhere near the quality or taste in a Starbucks coffee. Personally, I think it's because they aren't taking the same kind of care in brewing and maintaining the coffee once it's brewed.  That extra care in the product makes it by far the best on the market.

Coffee that is consistantly great everyday!   Friendly staff at the various stores.

Congratulations!!  The award is well deserved.  Not only is the product wonderful, the company is generous in the community and a great place to hang out.

My screen name reflects my life!  Starbucks is an experience I share with my husband and girlfriends.  It's part of our life.   Hanging out over dirty lattes, green unsweetened iced tea,  an americano, grabbing a bite to eat considering the nutritious selection, buying a pound of Sumatra, oh so many reasons we love Starbucks.  Can't quit it even if we could buy another house with what we spend there.  We all have gold cards to rationalize.   I bring my computer and catch up on work or email.   As a therapist, my take is that there's a sense of being part of a larger community, a way of connecting with people even when not interacting with others, something humans need.  By and large the baristas are engaging and eager to please.  At least that's my experience and observation.  Love the coffee.  I drink decaf and appreciate the flavor of the decaf selections.   I hope the company continues to prosper through these challenging times.  Thanks for your interest in our feedback.  

I love the new specials at Starbucks.  A latte and muffin for $3.95!  Woohoo!  

Thanks SB.

Grandar

My neighborhood location is like having a cup at home and

only 3 blocks from my house, you can't get any better than that. You sure know how to Brew It!

I think that a company as big as Starbucks should be ashamed of the fact that the only difference between a Viente Cappucino & the next size down is that for the extra money that you pay for the Viente size drink is for more milk. both sizes mentioned have 3 shots of coffee. Want to save money? Order the Grande instead.  And I don't want to hear about just how much better the quality of Starbucks coffee is compared to others franchised coffee shops either.

I love Pike's Place coffee. I think that if you buy 5 lbs of it, you should get a price break like during the introduction of this product.  Buy 5 lbs for the price of 4.  Now it is $9.95/lb  or $49.75. Give us some incentive to buy more....thanks.

Congrats starbucks... Since I am pregnant I am only allowed 1 cup of coffee a day, so I get a grande 1/2 cafe caramel machiato (sp?)  with skim milk and extra caramel. It only has one shot of reg espreso and that has less caffine then one cup of coffee that is 12 ounces, and soooooo goood. If i can just have one cup it is going to be good...

I love starbucks!  Some mornings I don't know what I would do without it.  

The Italian Roast is the best in the West!  Thank you.

Congratulations!  Any chance you could partner with the Keruig K cups to make them available in all my favourite flavors?

Congrats on great coffee, great chai and the best lattes..always have my Starbucks card with me.

I confess that I tried the new "fast food" Iced Mocha the other day, there is no need to worry Starbucks, you're still the best! The Iced Caramel Macchiato is still my favorite, but at $4.36 a drink, had to cut back to twice a week :-(

Growing up in Cuban community, my grandmother often took care of us over night. We'd have to get up really early 5:30 am because she had to be at work by 6:30 am. She'd take us onto porch with warm milk & a slip of Cuban coffee added in. Then we would watch for bird flocks swooping by and listen to sparrows sing. Starbucks provides a range of flavors and strenghts that I love. I can set whatever mood I want based on what I've preordered & keep in freezer after it is deliverd to my home. Bold, Columbian, Arabica, great decaf (just plain Starbucks) and medium strenght too. Coffe is part of my culture & my good memories. Variety is just part of my passionate lifestyle.

Congrats Starbucks.

We love you, frequent your stores several times a week.  Love the breakfast sandwiches

Congrats to all especially the crew at 71st and Memorial in Tulsa!

I always enjoy getting the Lattes, they are the best.  Thank you Star Bucks Lydia

I love Starbucks, congratulations.  

jagr 33 Try a latte plain. So relaxing. Or try something bolder than Americano, regular coffee. Arabica beans are less acidic to pallete and deeper in flavor. African beans best but I've found Verona is comparable in flavor & my husband likes it. He is anti BOld flavors.

Starbucks, try a soft to pallette Greek coffee blend. There's another good flavor for us robust to bold people that my Americano likes brewed. (sold by another online coffee company).

Good work; I love your espresso and I'm hooked on the shortbread cookies!  Suggestion: how about a 'free drink' online coupon once in awhile to those of us w/ accounts and gold cards?  We're already regulars and you would create a lot of goodwill with that... Ciao!

Couldn't live without my Starbucks every morning -- Shout Out to the team at the Levittown, New York store - they are truly amazing!!!!!

Congrats and keep up the good work.  I have to tell you that I'm a coffee lover first and I try any and all new coffee shops and at times revisit old ones but I have yet to find anything better than Starbucks.  I did find some excellent coffee in Hawaii but it's too expensive to go get it or have it shipped (except for special occassions).  Thanks,

Jim

I have several comments, Michelle.

First, as an outside sales rep, I have no idea what I used to do without you guys! And thanks for teaming up with ATT Yahoo for wireless.

Second, as a cyclist, I want to tell you that you actually have a product brand that you don't know about! If you are familiar with banned substances on the pro tour, one of them is EPO, which is a performance enhancer. On our team, we refer to Starbucks Frappuccinos as FPO, because they deliver a performance boost...but it is totally legal.

Third, can you please have a stronger coffee option like the other Bay Area favorite Peets has...some of us really like the stronger coffee!

Last, I am on the organizing committee of the San Jose Livestrong Challenge and we really need a coffee sponsor...and would really like to have a mobile coffee van making FPO at the top of our biggest, toughest, and hottest climb. Can Starbucks help???

Thanks!!!!

Bob

Congratulations, Starbucks!!!  I have enjoyed your products since my days in Seattle (quite some time ago!), and they just keep getting better.   Keep up the good work!

I take $50 Starbucks credit gift card I can use without having too much cash on me, a woman, when I travel. Why? Starbucks in most airports and they have quality salads & sandwiches I can count on for decent food since I fly long distances and planes don't feed me. Give it a try. I can make a card last for 3-4 flights. It also allows me to buy employees or business contact coffee while looking SMART.

Need Starbucks grande every morning. Just got back from a cruise to Alaska and the only accessible Starbucks was in Skagway .it was like being at home. Friendly people but very sorry they could not accept my card. No problem.

friendly

Every Friday, I treat myself to a Pike Place across the street at the Hilton's Starbucks.  It's something that I look forward to all week long.  My total relaxation is a cup of Pike Place and a good crossword puzzle on my Friday lunch hour.  

It's hard to drive to work without stopping and treating myself to my favorite Macchiato.  It makes my day so much better.  Especially the friendly greeting I get from the Baristas.  They are so kind.  I really appreciate their smiles and kind words to start my day.

Many thanks and congratulations on keeping quality and consitency your watchwords.

C0ngratulations!!  The best part of my day is when I get my Starbucks on!!  My baristas at 'my' Starbucks-Las Vegas Premium Outlets- are simply, the best.  I can walk in, and I am greeted enthusiatically, they ask how my day is, and my coffee drink is made before I order it!  The staff there really are terrific!!

Starbucks continues to have the best coffee and service available.  I wouldn't choose another!

Please add a "Coffee Mate" a non dairy creamer, to all your stores.

Many people, including myself, are allergic to dairy products.

Soy milk just does not do it.