'Save Our Starbucks!': Caffeine-Addicted Fight Back
Loyal Starbucks customers may be forced to walk an extra block or two to satisfy their frappuccino cravings; the chain has announced that it will be closing 600 stores around the country. Coffee drinkers aren't taking the news lying down — at SaveOurStarbucks.com, dedicated customers are fighting to keep their neighborhood stores open.
Guests:
Paul Konrardy, founder of the Save Our Starbucks effort
Janet Adamy, reporter for the Wall Street Journal; author of the article "Starbucks Gets Pleas Not To Close Stores"
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