According to the Franchise investigator, Starbucks do not franchise. If you want a slice of the action you need to lease Starbucks some spare floorspace within your store.

Sounds like the Tommy Lee Starbucks franchise story I covered months ago was a little off the mark? Did they mean that he made a space in his lounge and the Starbucks guys moved in and installed a dedicated coffee shop with leopard skin seating and drum sticks for spoons? Makes a weird scene in my head.

Tommy Lee staggers into his lounge after a week out on the town, to be greeted by a steaming latte made by a young server with a band aid over their earring, nose ring and tongue stud. Or was that band aid crapola idea only a MacDonalds thing?

Whatever the truth is with TL, if you want a better coffee than a Starbucks, no strangers in your house at breakfast time, and a franchise of your own, check out the Coffee Beanery. Be ready to be amazed by the opportunities that come your way when you hand over $250k from your current account to get started as a Coffee beaner. As if a bright future off the back of 1/4 of a million bucks is news to anyone!

Finally, in closing, the only thing Starbucks truly excel at these days are cheap stocks.

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