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by nailer 2854 days ago
Starbucks in Australia (when they were around) was viewed as being a milkshake shop.
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How did you get rid of them? :-)
Australians and Kiwis are to coffee what New Yorkers are to pizza: we didn't invent it, but we damn well perfected it.

So when Starbucks came with a poor product the only people who went were curious locals (who didn't return) and Asian students who liked the brand:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-08-07/32188