Hot on the heels of their recent " buy one get another free" promotion last weekend, Starbucks are doing half price Festive Favourites today and tomorrow. ( Friday 20th & Saturday 21st Nov) between 12-4pm (at Participating Stores).
Not sure how to find a comprehensive list of "participating stores" but no doubt someone will!
Top comments
untrueprawn to honeymonster86
20 Nov 1517#9
Sorry run that by me again? If it's such bad quality coffee then why go every week? If it was that bad I wouldn't drink it, free or not!
cdm22
20 Nov 1516#3
£2 is half price?! Bloody hell!
ratsdomino
20 Nov 159#1
cold because their cups dont have the little baby jeebus on it
joke. i love them being heathens and not decorating their cups in a borrowed pagen festival
cb-uk
20 Nov 154#15
Are they paying UK tax yet?
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Youngy
22 Nov 15#51
So annoying when the franchises don't do these deals.
AntFunk1
21 Nov 15#50
F Starbucks
kye1987
21 Nov 15#48
Could anyone confirm if you need a Starbucks card? It was mentioned on fb by a commenter?
dannodw to kye1987
21 Nov 15#49
Nope you don't. Toffee Nut yesterday and gingerbread one today :smiley:
ashtad
20 Nov 151#19
suppose there ok if you want a mass calorie intake..... There is about 600 in the large lol
phatbear to ashtad
20 Nov 152#24
you could always ask for skimmed milk omg lol wtf wwjd
thearbiter65 to ashtad
20 Nov 15#33
Depends what one you go for. If you have a small one with sugar free syrup and skimmed milk you can easily get it down to around 50 cal
skelto99 to ashtad
20 Nov 15#47
Indeed, diabetes epidemic a certainty. God bless America.
clemo1981
20 Nov 15#26
I would never pay £4, the same price as a pint of beer any day of the year lol, my nescafe is fine
monkeyhanger75 to clemo1981
20 Nov 151#46
And you know that the £4 pint is costing £4 because the taxman is getting a decent wedge of that £4.
Beer drinkers in the pub generally look far happier than those coffee shop patrons you see through the window when walking past one of the chain coffee shops.
honeymonster86
20 Nov 15#45
Hey?
Youngy
20 Nov 15#44
Try warming it up, might taste better.
shakerstevens
20 Nov 15#43
Fair enough. I don't have sugar in my coffee either. One lot of Syrup is ok, my dentist prefers me to have the sugar free version though !
r40
20 Nov 15#42
also ask for a sample of xmas ground coffee in a basket near the till very nice it is!!
M_z
20 Nov 153#2
Cold, Christmas isn't until 24th December.
Saxon to M_z
20 Nov 151#41
Christmas is on December 25th where I live. Anyway, cold as Starbucks is awful coffee
mrsarchy
20 Nov 15#40
Excellent gingerbread lattes coming out my ears
Thoughtful
20 Nov 151#39
No, surprised by how much sweeter it makes it, and they don't always tell you that it's a syrup they're adding, a flavouring isn't necessarily sweet.
deany76
20 Nov 15#38
are you the guy with 365 birthdays a year? I thought that offer was only in USA.
Ashamuk
20 Nov 15#11
The starbucks facebook page says :
All our company owned stores will be running this promotion..
Whatever that means.
GamerDan to Ashamuk
20 Nov 15#13
There might be franchise stores that they don't directly own that choose not to run the offer.
honeymonster86 to Ashamuk
20 Nov 15#37
Means, not the franchise stores (e.g. ones at train stations etc.)
honeymonster86
20 Nov 15#36
Well, because its free. Maybe I'm addicted to caffiene. Maybe I like the way it makes my wee come thick and fast.
I very often drink it for free and think "can't believe people pay for this".
Funnily enough though I went in the other day to get my free cup and there was a queue, and I thought to myself 'Do I really want to queue for a substandard coffee'. The answer was no so I left the store.
Essentially, as soon as it began to cost me something (my time) I disappeared out of there.
Nobby65
20 Nov 15#35
Easily the best from the big chains and biggest sizes too
Heat from me
thearbiter65
20 Nov 151#34
Completely agree! If there was a loop hole which allowed me to not pay income tax I would certainly take it! I could do with extra cash as I'm moving home!
Buddie1877
20 Nov 151#21
How are you supposed to know which ones are franchise stores? Do you just go in, order the coffee and then wait to see how much they charge you?
EDIT: Damn, beaten to it by a whisker. Damn you, Ashamuk, damn you I say. :smiley:
Youngy to Buddie1877
20 Nov 151#32
If they take payment using Starbucks card it means they honour deals etc. It's generally branches inside hotels or department stores that don't.
These are just flavoured syrups and squirty cream. A warning to those like me who don't take sugar in coffee, that the syrups make them sickly sweet, to me undrinkable.
shakerstevens to Thoughtful
20 Nov 152#30
Your surprised that adding a syrup to something makes it sweeter?
cb-uk
20 Nov 154#15
Are they paying UK tax yet?
dodgymix to cb-uk
20 Nov 151#18
As much as they have to under UK law..
Zilch it is then with a decent accoutnant
eslick to cb-uk
20 Nov 151#29
they have always paid tax, its just that some people who don't have a clue about tax laws think they should pay more and moan at the companies for not paying it when the government wont change the laws. Bet you only pay the tax you have to.
sanddancerlass
20 Nov 15#25
Going to meeting early tomorrow thought I'd treat myself and woo it's half price.
Think il get one tonight after work as well
mattwiilson to sanddancerlass
20 Nov 152#28
Good luck with that one mate. Offer is 12m till 4pm.
definition
20 Nov 151#27
4 quid? There are more mugs in Starbucks than cups it appears.
cdm22
20 Nov 151#22
Err, or you could just ask if they are doing the offer!
Ashamuk
20 Nov 151#20
Yeah but its not clear which ones are and aren't, so as a customer its go to a store and just hope really, not very good advertising or marketing for customers really.. :smiley:
hamzten
20 Nov 151#17
Time for a gingerbread latte!
dodgymix
20 Nov 151#16
Yuo need to see the South Park episode when a Starbucks opens
Personally not a fan as not sufficient "kick" but cant be that bad if its got to worldwide domination
naivri
20 Nov 151#14
yeah this **** me about Starbucks. The Franchise ones don't accept their loyalty card as well.
Kinda sucks when you have a tenner on it and you're at Glasgow Airport choking for some java
honeymonster86
20 Nov 15#8
I get a free Starbucks every week anyway, can't believe people pay full price, its such bad quality coffee.
untrueprawn to honeymonster86
20 Nov 1517#9
Sorry run that by me again? If it's such bad quality coffee then why go every week? If it was that bad I wouldn't drink it, free or not!
yosemitecalvin to honeymonster86
20 Nov 15#12
How do you get it for free?! The amount of money wasted here! :disappointed:
andreasuk
20 Nov 151#10
Probably because its free:-)
jase.2
20 Nov 15#7
It's also on topcashback Instore offers at 25% off when you spend £5
Medium gingerbread latte was £3.55 yesterday in Northumberland st Newcastle branch
Robinsad
20 Nov 152#6
festive my ****, its Christmas. if you don't believe in Christmas, don't participate at all.
cdm22
20 Nov 152#5
Oh, so the price is a guess then? ok.
cdm22
20 Nov 1516#3
£2 is half price?! Bloody hell!
garyhilton to cdm22
20 Nov 152#4
Well it all depends what size & extras you add, but a large drink with whipped cream and an extra shot can easily set you back the best part of £4, so £2 seemed an appropriate price to enter!
ratsdomino
20 Nov 159#1
cold because their cups dont have the little baby jeebus on it
joke. i love them being heathens and not decorating their cups in a borrowed pagen festival
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Not sure how to find a comprehensive list of "participating stores" but no doubt someone will!
Top comments
joke. i love them being heathens and not decorating their cups in a borrowed pagen festival
Latest comments (51)
Beer drinkers in the pub generally look far happier than those coffee shop patrons you see through the window when walking past one of the chain coffee shops.
All our company owned stores will be running this promotion..
Whatever that means.
I very often drink it for free and think "can't believe people pay for this".
Funnily enough though I went in the other day to get my free cup and there was a queue, and I thought to myself 'Do I really want to queue for a substandard coffee'. The answer was no so I left the store.
Essentially, as soon as it began to cost me something (my time) I disappeared out of there.
Heat from me
EDIT: Damn, beaten to it by a whisker. Damn you, Ashamuk, damn you I say. :smiley:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-3310098/How-favourite-festive-drinks-contain-ONE-grams-sugar-nearly-700-calories.html
Zilch it is then with a decent accoutnant
Think il get one tonight after work as well
Personally not a fan as not sufficient "kick" but cant be that bad if its got to worldwide domination
Kinda sucks when you have a tenner on it and you're at Glasgow Airport choking for some java
Medium gingerbread latte was £3.55 yesterday in Northumberland st Newcastle branch
joke. i love them being heathens and not decorating their cups in a borrowed pagen festival