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The REAL Reason Starbucks Is Failing

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Starbucks forgot the first rule of hospitality — you can optimize yourself right out of business. When you strip the human touch from every interaction and turn baristas into button-pushers following scripts, customers feel it in their bones. The real lesson here isn't about coffee; it's about what happens when efficiency becomes your only metric and you forget that people can taste indifference in everything you serve.

— The Chef's Take

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