{"id":5336,"date":"2004-04-05T13:28:31","date_gmt":"2004-04-05T20:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/04\/05\/because-making-someone-cross-the-street-is-a-damned-shame.html"},"modified":"2014-11-07T09:30:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T16:30:13","slug":"because_making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/04\/05\/because_making.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Because making someone cross the street is a damned shame.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Salon.com Technology | Starbucks unveils aggressive growth plan\" href=\"http:\/\/salon.com\/tech\/wire\/2004\/03\/30\/starbucks\/index_np.html\">Starbucks unveils aggressive growth plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">The long-term plan is to have about 25,000 stores worldwide &#8212; more than triple the nearly 8,000 stores the coffee retailer has right now. And even that amount seems a little &#8220;light,&#8221; according to Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz.<\/p>\n<p>Doyce has further insight into their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.average-bear.com\/archive\/2004_04.html#4174\">master plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starbucks unveils aggressive growth plan. The long-term plan is to have about 25,000 stores worldwide &#8212; more than triple the nearly 8,000 stores the coffee retailer has right now. 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