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k1ngsn0w t1_ja4zdms wrote

Honestly this chart is pretty misleading considering the current strength of the dollar and how much less popular Starbucks is in other countries. It's more of a novelty there so they can charge more. Starbucks is still ridiculously overpriced for what it is.

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DerKyhe t1_ja4wspr wrote

Finland is one of the most expensive ones, and they have something stupidly small like less than 5 places in the entire country, all in Helsinki region I think.

I find it really difficult to understand how that is profitable since their stuff seems to be mostly proprietary stuff that is provided by the corporate.

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Velghast t1_ja4wkfn wrote

Companies like Saab, BMW, Nissan, Toyota, and surprisingly Samsung although they are not a car manufacturer, subsidize a lot of their profit margins they get from the civilian sector to fund their military ventures. Rolls-Royce is included in this list as is Volkswagen. Most of South Korea's entire mechanized military is constructed by Samsung.

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akohhh t1_ja4tr3p wrote

Starbucks had a go in Australia, but shut down pretty much all their shops and left. There’s a handful of stores, mostly used by international students for their Wi-Fi. Australians like good espresso based drinks and have very limited interest in very big coffees, flavored stuff, whipped cream all over the place, etc.

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DM-me-ur-tits-plz- t1_ja4qo9b wrote

Yeah I'm guessing the price is an average of all locations across the country, so while city locations that are more expensive probably account for more than 50% of sales, they're just a tiny portion of the total number of locations.

Skews the number down to prices that most people aren't paying, because many of those locations serve like maybe 100 people per day max.

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