Starbucks is in Kenya finally

[The.Black.Templar]

Starbucks imefika Kenya finally wadau....this is good stuff.

Mcdonalds sasa ndio wamelegea

 

[Mwalimu-G]

How many people are they going to employ?

 

[mzeiya]

Oh nice.
They made me ditch tea for coffee especially due to their wide variety of flavoured drinks. Hope they source locally, from staff to the beans themselves.

 

[Cortedivoire]

Tunajua why you are happy

 

[The.Black.Templar]

How many people are they going to employ?

I am not sure, but as mzeiya says, they might improve the local value chain and buy locally

 

[Clemens]

Oh, the hamster treadmill of capitalism!

 

[Stannis Baratheon]

Oh, the hamster treadmill of capitalism!

The West is falling.

 

[Clemens]

The West is falling.

Extractive tactics, capital is expatriated to mother country.

 

[Okiya]

They might struggle against established players. In UK Starbucks ranks way below at #3 behind Coca Cola

 

[DeepInYourMind]

Oh, the hamster treadmill of capitalism!

Capitalism makes money go around into people's pockets.

 

[DeepInYourMind]

Oh nice.
They made me ditch tea for coffee especially due to their wide variety of flavoured drinks. Hope they source locally, from staff to the beans themselves.
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I hope they also set up good working spots with plenty of sockets. Push local coffee shops to up their game

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Capitalism makes money go around into people's pockets.

But takes money out of the pockets of the most.

 

[DeepInYourMind]

But takes money out of the pockets of the most.

History shows otherwise. Free enterprise capitalism spreads wealth more than any other economic system.

 

[Clemens]

Capitalism makes money go around into people's pockets.

More like the owner of the capital pockets.
Most of the multinationals operating in Kenya, buy their raw materials outside the country, so that they overprice it and thus declare losses, thereby avoid paying taxes.

 

[zapp_brannigan]

Oh nice.
They made me ditch tea for coffee especially due to their wide variety of flavoured drinks. Hope they source locally, from staff to the beans themselves.
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What is this card for Buana ?
Chanua watu wa Sonford

 

[Mwalimu-G]

History shows otherwise. Free enterprise capitalism spreads wealth more than any other economic system.

Example? Remember the pursuit of happiness.

 

[DeepInYourMind]

More like the owner of the capital pockets.
Most of the multinationals operating in Kenya, buy their raw materials outside the country, so that they overprice it and thus declare losses, thereby avoid paying taxes.

I doubt most do this. I heard KFC imported their own chicken at some point in the past though. Even in these cases, the net effect is positive. Employment created, rents paid, transportation, all sorts of cottage industries that spring up around these.. etc

 

[DeepInYourMind]

Example? Remember the pursuit of happiness.

China would be a good self-contained example to study. The communist revolution by Mao brought about extreme poverty and famine and many suffered and died. But once they liberalized their economy they started growing really fast. They had to abandon communist economic ideas to thrive. Even now, some of the structural weaknesses of their economy are caused by govt trying to control the economy.

What do you mean by the pursuit of happiness?

 

[Mwalimu-G]

Even now, some of the structural weaknesses of their economy are caused by govt trying to control the economy.

Where do you place regulation, standardization and minimum wages in your neo liberalist economy world?
How good is a system that leads to foreclosures and resultant homelessness?

 

[Tiiga Waana]

How many people are they going to employ?

Only Kenya Kwishans and tugeges can celebrate such. They will be repatriating their monies whence they come from.
in fact they will source their coffee abroad even though we are the growers.
They are also known to be very bad employers with terrible terms and conditions.
Why can’t Kenya Kwisha create conducive environment for home grown enterprises instead of relying on jobs abroad?