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Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 8, 2013 at 9:30am

Classic example of why the Tribune is a rag. It puts up a headline that makes it sound as if Caribou Coffee is completely leaving Chicago....then you read the article and realize that most downtown chicago stores are actually remaining open.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on April 8, 2013 at 3:01pm

Don't hate The Trib. More than just a coffee chain has said they'd pull out and didn't.

spencewine said:

Classic example of why the Tribune is a rag. It puts up a headline that makes it sound as if Caribou Coffee is completely leaving Chicago....then you read the article and realize that most downtown chicago stores are actually remaining open.

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Permalink Reply by Sol on April 8, 2013 at 4:00pm

According to wgn and dnachicago, only two stores will close in the city (ogilvie station and Clark and Wellington). All other city stores will be rebranded into more upscale Peet's. However, many stores in the burbs will be closed and the Chicagoarea.will be hit hard. I was already on the boycott caribou bandwagon because they don't have any locations anywhere.near me in Edgewater, Uptown or Rogers Park. So for me, it is no great loss. I feel for all the employees who will lose their jobs. Fortunately, my neighborhood has no shortage of quality independent coffee houses (and unfortunately Edgewater will also soon be getting a new concept drive through only Starbucks).

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on April 9, 2013 at 5:08am

Before we had Intelligentsia or the Bridgeport Coffeehouse and a bunch of other awesome indie coffeeshops I would occasionally ride to Evanston to get coffee at Peets. About half the time I would remember my fondness for Cafe Express (RIP) and not make it as far as Peets. I've never had anything against Caribou, but they were never either awesome enough or convenient enough for me to care about them much. And now it seems Peets is also just another chain sending profits out of our local economy. Just say no! (uh except I might try a cup from the new Peets on Monroe, just to see if it is still any good.)

Support your local indie if you can! 

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Permalink Reply by Haddon on April 9, 2013 at 11:24am

I havn't gone to a single coffee shop since my package from amazon arrived. 

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Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on April 9, 2013 at 12:36pm

We in Milwaukee will be losing five shops, the only two surviving will be on Blue Mound and Mayfair Roads in Wauwatosa and a location in Pewaukee.  They not only have competition from Starbucks, but local competitors like Alterra, Anodyne, Cedarburg, Stone Creek, and Sven's.

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Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 9, 2013 at 12:42pm

am I the only one that is surprised that you can buy pure caffeine in bulk?


Haddon said:

I havn't gone to a single coffee shop since my package from amazon arrived. 

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Permalink Reply by Lanterne Rouge on April 9, 2013 at 1:10pm

so..uhhh....can you do lines of caffeine powder like Tony Montana?

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Permalink Reply by spencewine on April 9, 2013 at 1:36pm

Pretty much the first image that popped into my head.

To quote on the customer reviews "this is enough caffeine to kill an elephant"



Jim S said:

so..uhhh....can you do lines of caffeine powder like Tony Montana?

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on April 9, 2013 at 2:15pm

Some of the Caribou employees--soon to be ex-employees--have put up a Facebook page, in an effort to try and track the closings, as well as commiserate, plan closing parties and everything else.  These folks needed to organize before this; a union may have been able to negotiate more than the measly one week's severance they are reportedly receiving.  No word yet if the rebranded Caribou-->Peet's will use the same employees or force everyone to start at the bottom again by reapplying for their old jobs.

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