Starbucks Raises Prices In China; Chinese Mad As Heck

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • February 2, 2012
For a country where the average person, according to data from Nestle, only consumes three cups of coffee per year, the Chinese are downright pissed that Starbucks is raising prices. They took to the Internet to bemoan a two yuan price hike that...
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