Starbucks Store Review (Seymour and Dunsmuir St.) - Beside Granville Skytrain

Location: Seymour and Dunsmuir St. - Beside Granville Skytrain Stn.
Type of Location: Corperate Store

General Evaluation:

Time of day: Mid Afternoon
# of partners on the floor: 2-3 Active Partners
Service time: 4mins
Business level: Calm
Cleanliness: Was Okay
Was the bathroom cleaner than a gas station bathroom?: A bit Smelly and a few tissues around but okay i guess!
Legendary service: The Partners didnt seem at all interested in providing legendary service... They were there for the paycheck and free drinks on there breaks! The Register Partner didnt say thanks or anything but the Bar Partner smile when she called out my drink to be picked up!

Food/Drinks Ordered: Grande Raspberry Passion Tea Lemonade and Grande Dark Cherry Mocha Frappucino!
Display Case/Beverage Sinage: Was good! Signage well noticable!
Drink Preperation/Presentation: Beverages were okay! No real big issues!
Quality of Drink/Food Ordered: 8.5/10

Grade: C+

General Comments:
I didnt feel like i was really welcomed into the store! The Partners werent really active in the customer transactions but my drink was standard! Its a very close location to Granville Skytrain station so when we leave the stn if were very thirsty for a bux we can go here! I have had better service and drinks at this location i guess it was just the people on shift~!

Starbucks Store Review (Granville and Georgia St.) - Downtown Van.

Location: Granville and Georgia St. - Downtown Vancouver Accross from Sears (Next to London Drugs)!
Type of Location: Corperate Store

General Evaluation:

Time of day: Early Evening
# of partners on the floor: 3 Active Partners
Service time: 2.5mins - Start to Finish
Business level: Busy
Cleanliness: I was amazed how clean it was with the location of the store...
Was the bathroom cleaner than a gas station bathroom?: Only a few tissues around the floor.
Legendary service: Partners were friendly and accomidating to all my modifiers
Would I recommend this Location: Yes! Its a nice location and close to Granville Skytrain... Perfect for shopping days and stops on my way around downtown!

Food/Drink Evaluation:

Items Ordered: Grande Green Tea Frappacino, Grande Xtra Sweet Nonfat No whip Caramel Frappacino, Chocolate Crossant and Lemon Raspberry Loaf!
Display Case/Beverage Sinage: Low on Crossants as I took the last one! Unless extra were hidding in the back of the store!
Drink Preperation/Presentation: WELL DONE! MODIFIERS WERE EXACTLY AS I LIKED!
Quality of Drink/Food Ordered: 9.5/10

Grade: A+

General Comments:
I had to give them an A+ because the Register Partner was very friendly and the Bar Partner was nice enought to ask if the caramel drizzle she topped my drink with was enough for me or if i wanted more! I was also shocked at the Cleanliness of this store as The area the store is located in is freaquented by Street People and Dirty Buskers. It is also a busy store during General working hours 8am-6pm! It's especailly a great place to grab a pre-clubbing drink as well! Great JOB Partners!

Starbucks Store Review (Columbia St @ 6th Ave) - New West

Location: Columbia St at 6th Ave - Downtown New West
Type of Location: Corperate Store

General Evaluation:

Time of day: Early Evening
# of partners on the floor: 2 (Plus 2 on Break)
Service time: 2mins
Business level: Steady
Cleanliness: Great!
Was the bathroom cleaner than a gas station bathroom?: Didn't Use Washroom but has been clean in the past!
Legendary service: Partners were very friendly and made small talk with the customers! Bar Partner seemed very fast yet busy!
Would I recommend this Location: Yes! Its a nice location!

Food/Drink Evaluation:

Items Ordered: Iced Venti Raspberry Passion Tea and Decaf Grande White Mocha!
Display Case/Beverage Sinage: Well kept and stocked!
Drink Preperation/Presentation: Very Nicely Prepared and Tasty!
Quality of Drink/Food Ordered: 9/10

Grade: A

General Comments:

Service with a Smile! Great Drinks and Friendly Partners!

Article** Sales Strength of Via Starbucks Coffee Questioned! ***

Read this Article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1910187920100820

Many Starbucks Baristas are feeling the pressure to push the sales of Starbucks Via Ready Brew! Anyone with Comments on what the acutal Procedure and Goals of the Sales Aspect is Please let us know! I would hope that my fave Coffee Chain isnt forcing staff to meet un-realistic goals!!!

Thx Readers!

"Stickler" English professor Lynne Rosenthal: Starbucks booted me over a bagel order - NYPOST.com

"Stickler" English professor Lynne Rosenthal: Starbucks booted me over a bagel order - NYPOST.com

This is a definate must read for people who think its okay to go into starbucks and dont want to conform to there standards! LOL!!!

Honestly if all you want is a Multigrain bagel and you dont want to answer butter or cheese then go to the Freakin Grocery Store and buy one urself! Same with Coffee! If you refuse to say Grande Coffee and want to say Medium then go to Timmies!