Quote Originally Posted by BoldHighlander View Post
Not around here, they continue to build them & the locals continue to come.

As matter of fact in my city (& most cities in western Washington, well Seattle north anyways That I know of) you can't swing a cat without hitting a coffee shop of some sort (walk-in or drive-thru) on just about every corner, or so it seems.

Washington state is known for its apples, rain, & coffee consumption; and none seem to be abating soon
They've closed a lot of stores here - after all; many of them were within 100metres of one another. However - they've tried to establish themselves in so many countries other than USA and western Europe and failed miserabley. Most noticably Israel where they closed 80 or so stores - even though they put a lot of private investment and even donations to Israel. The public there still rejected it.
When I was in Italy the Starbucks were always absoltely packed... I later found out that they less less than a douzen within the whole country and never more than one per city.
Costa havent taken big risks and havent opened up too many stores in one area so theyre doing ok.