Starbucks customer's expectation
Starbucks' customers' Expectation Analysis in term of Starbucks Beverage
Intro to Logistics
Intro
Starbuck’s was founded in 1971 by three men from Seattle, Washington. These three men were coffee fanatics that specialized in selling whole bean Arabica coffee beans in the world famous Pike’s place market. In 1982, Howard Schultz joined the. By the early 1990’s he had opened and operated over 150 stores in the Northwest United States and Chicago markets. Schultz decided to take the company public in 1993, by 2002, Starbucks had established Starbucks as the dominant specialty coffee brand and coffee house with over 5000 stores worldwide and 4500 of those are corporate locations.
Starbucks Mission Statement
The success of Starbucks in the early 1990’s can be attributed to Howard Schultz’s vision of the Starbucks brand. Schultz inspired of a company which would make the customer the centre of its success and would change the coffee drinking experience in the U.S. Starbucks was successful because it placed value to the customers first in its value proposition. As to Customer’s expectation in terms of Starbucks’ Beverage, we could refer to Starbucks’s Mission Statement under customer segment;
“When we are fully engaged, we connect with, laugh with, and uplift the lives of our customers – even if just for a few moments. Sure, it starts with the promise of a perfectly made beverage, but our work goes far beyond that. It’s really about human connection.”
Arguments
Generally speaking, we categorize Starbucks’ Customer experience into 3 P’s:
People - the baristas and their connection with customers.
Partners were trained on both “hard skills” and “soft skills” when hired to work for a Starbucks retail store. This equal emphasis on the “hard” and “soft” skills further highlighted Starbucks strategy to make the experience pleasant for the customer. The “soft skills” were a way to teach the partners on how to connect with the customer, by establishing eye
Intro to Logistics
Intro
Starbuck’s was founded in 1971 by three men from Seattle, Washington. These three men were coffee fanatics that specialized in selling whole bean Arabica coffee beans in the world famous Pike’s place market. In 1982, Howard Schultz joined the. By the early 1990’s he had opened and operated over 150 stores in the Northwest United States and Chicago markets. Schultz decided to take the company public in 1993, by 2002, Starbucks had established Starbucks as the dominant specialty coffee brand and coffee house with over 5000 stores worldwide and 4500 of those are corporate locations.
Starbucks Mission Statement
The success of Starbucks in the early 1990’s can be attributed to Howard Schultz’s vision of the Starbucks brand. Schultz inspired of a company which would make the customer the centre of its success and would change the coffee drinking experience in the U.S. Starbucks was successful because it placed value to the customers first in its value proposition. As to Customer’s expectation in terms of Starbucks’ Beverage, we could refer to Starbucks’s Mission Statement under customer segment;
“When we are fully engaged, we connect with, laugh with, and uplift the lives of our customers – even if just for a few moments. Sure, it starts with the promise of a perfectly made beverage, but our work goes far beyond that. It’s really about human connection.”
Arguments
Generally speaking, we categorize Starbucks’ Customer experience into 3 P’s:
People - the baristas and their connection with customers.
Partners were trained on both “hard skills” and “soft skills” when hired to work for a Starbucks retail store. This equal emphasis on the “hard” and “soft” skills further highlighted Starbucks strategy to make the experience pleasant for the customer. The “soft skills” were a way to teach the partners on how to connect with the customer, by establishing eye