Is Starbucks too expensive?

Quote: Nareed

. 2) The receipt includes the log-in name and password for the airport's WiFi; better yet, it seems to work at all airports (at least it worked in Monterrey and Guadalajara; I'll know Sunday whether it works in Mexico City).

Hmm, probably changed every week or so, or some other kind of time limitation. Good for back and forth air travelers, I imagine.

Quote: rxwine

Hmm, probably changed every week or so, or some other kind of time limitation. Good for back and forth air travelers, I imagine.

It was good on two different cities in April 4th and 14th. We'll see.

BTW, as I'm leaving from Toluca, I won't know whether it works in Mex City.

starbucks coffee import contracts are such that the actual beverage is very cheap for them and they can afford to be inefficient and still be a market leader based on low costs and quenching the competition.

Quote: Fleastiff

starbucks coffee import contracts are such that the actual beverage is very cheap for them and they can afford to be inefficient and still be a market leader based on low costs and quenching the competition.

Nearly 32% of domestic demand for coffee is "outside the home." In 2013, McDonald's sold less than 13% of all coffee sold in US restaurants, dwarfed by market leaders Starbucks (SBUX) and Dunkin' Donuts (DNKN).

The Starbucks password is working in ythe shopping mall! :)

And it works at Toluca airport, too.

Free wifi is becoming expected in many areas. I know coffee shops don't particularly care for "campers" and even some casinos have had to "dampen" the wifi in the check-in area, but free wifi is becoming an expected perk.

People use their phone and an "app" to order their favorite beverage as they approach a shop and the order is waiting for them.

Drop some clothes off at the dry cleaners and use your phone to check your email or something.

With these, often foolish, laws about don't text and drive, any non-driving stop is an opportunity to check your electronic tether.

Some people go to a bookstore and camp out near an electrical outlet so they don't have to waste their batteries or they can get a morning charge for their phone while they are getting a dose of caffeine as a morning charge for themselves.