Starbucks Takes Rupees

Security guards and long queues…not often seen at Starbucks in the UK but this is the excitement around the American coffee giant’s first Indian outlet that opened in Mumbai.  Multinationals opening in new countries inevitably results in stories of soul selling and about Evil Globalisation, however, to an extent it seems to depend upon the company.

Cappuccino Walla

Starbucks is due to open its first store in India by the end of the year. Location; either Mumbai or Delhi. Watch out Bubbly, Starbucks knows your in town.

So can a nation that drinks 838 tonnes of tea a year be converted to coffee?

Penelope’s Pit Stop

Hasn’t the experience of driving long distance changed in Britain?  I used to dread the service stations with their awful smelly loos and stale sandwiches or greasy spoon McDonalds alternatives.