While walking the halls you can often see students carrying Starbucks cups full of things for them along with their friends.
Although with no doubt it is a nice treat, the amount of money people spend on it is outrageous, especially if you order daily. The average cost for a starbucks drink ranges from about $3.75 to $7.75, So about 5 dollars if you average it out. Most people from North Allegheny go at least once a week so if there are 36 weeks of school and you’re spending 5 dollars that’s 180 dollars a year. Considering many students don’t even have jobs, that’s a lot of money to be spending.
Adair Ludwick says, “I always go to Starbucks every friday of the school year and usually buy it for me and my friends if they pay me.”
But what is really the problem with drinking it so much if you have the money? It’s the addiction to caffeine, even without realizing it caffeine is a drug to help with the nervous system and working with the brain. It’s even recommended not to use it as a substitute for sleep when that is the majority of its use.
To be fair though Starbucks is more than just coffee, they have a wide range of drinks from refreshers, to coffees, even to hot chocolate. They also have food options like pastries, sweet treats, and even pre packaged meals. Which guarantees even more customers since there are things for people to enjoy all throughout the day!
Even though people go to Starbucks through every season there are specific menu items based on the time of the year. Though the majority of the menu stays full year round, during the fall they have drinks according to the season like pumpkin and even apple crisp varieties. Around christmas time there are peppermint, gingerbread, chestnut, and even sugar cookie flavors.
Keely Toohey shared that, “My favorite thing to get is a strawberry acai refresher with no berries and add peach juice”
The state with the most of course is California with 2,818 and there’s a pretty significant drop to Texas with 1,289 being the state with the second most locations.
They honestly don’t even have very large competition considering that over half of the top ten coffeehouse brands are Starbucks. Out of all the companies in the world, from technology, to food, to clothing brands they are ranked 16th for the world’s most admired companies of 2024 , being the highest coffee shop in the world.
