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STARBUCKS TO OPEN TEA� ONLY STORE Tazo-branded outlet will be near global HQ Starbucks
more than 1,000 "likes," according to Gay Star News, an Australian news site. In response, Gloria Jean's issued a
which will sell tea under Starbucks' Tazo brand, will be located near the company's corporate headquarters. It will feature a blend-your-own bar where consumers will have more than 80 teas to choose from, as well as baked goods, packaged chocolates and tea- related merchandise. Starbucks bought Tazo in 1999 and
is preparing to open its fi rst tea-only store in Seattle in October. Th e 1,700-square-foot store,
GLORIA JEAN'S HIT FOR ANTI�GAY�MARRIAGE DONATION Gave $30,000 to Australian advocates Gloria Jean's Coff ee Beans has been
sells Tazo products in many of its stores. But the Seattle Tazo store will be the only one of Starbucks' more than 17,000 global outlets devoted entirely to tea. A Starbucks spokesperson told Bloomberg that there are no current plans to open any other tea-only stores, but the possibility will be open "if we see another opportunity where a location is the right fi t."
U.S. operations are controlled by an Australian owner, acknowledged giving the political donation to Australian Christian Lobby, a leading opponent of gay marriage in Australia, during the 2010-11 tax year. Th e donation has sparked a backlash among gay organizations and sympathizers. A Facebook page calling for a boycott drew
caught up in the controversy over gay marriage aſt er it was revealed that the retail coff ee chain donated US$30,000 to an anti-gay-marriage group in Australia. Th e 1,000-plus-outlet chain, whose
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statement saying the donation was "in support of the prime ministerial debate only. Th is was a once-off donation during the time of the election." Th is isn't the fi rst time the issue
has ensnared a coff ee chain. Th e National Organization for Marriage, a U.S.-based organization that opposes gay marriage, has called for a boycott of Starbucks for that chain's alleged support for gay marriage. More than 45,000 have joined that call, but more than 650,000 have joined a campaign thanking Starbucks for its support for gay marriage, according to the Chicago Pride news site.
just got a coff ee outlet from the second biggest specialty coff ee retailer in the U.S. Caribou Coff ee has opened its latest
CARIBOU OPENS IN OHIO HYPERMARKET Shop precedes Jungle Jim's opening by two months Th e biggest supermarket in Ohio
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Ohio outlet in the soon-to-be-opened Jungle Jim's International Market in suburban Cincinnati. Th e Caribou opening precedes the opening of the new Jungle Jim's by about two months. Jungle Jim's, already known for
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having one of the largest hypermarkets in the U.S., with some 3.5 acres under roof, is opening its new store in the former Eastgate mall in Clermont County, near the existing one. Th e coff ee shop will be Caribou's third outlet in Cincinnati. Customers can now access it through the parking lot entrance, and will also be able to reach it from inside Jungle Jim's International Market once the hypermarket opens.
