Minnesota Indepenent looks at the phenomenon of “stealth Stabucks” — debranded Starbucks that are meant to look like local coffee shops, to compete with actual local coffee shops in places where they are popular, such as Portland; they wonder if the Twin Cities might be next.
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Free Coffee Shop
Jan 8 2009 — 1:07am
Apparantly, Hiawatha Joe’s is available for whoever wants it, if it hasn’t been snapped up already. (Via Alexis on Twitter.) Anybody know what’s going on here?
The business is up for grabs (name, equipment, etc.) not the property, but if the owners of both are currently the same, I suppose it's the commerc...
Latest comment — Jonathan: Someone should have told Starbucks they were supposed to be stealth. Most "stealth" activities aren't rolled out with a 10 minute piece on NPR talk...