I like coffee. Went into a SBs once. Took a look at the price list and then all the patrons wearing new ripped jeans and welded to their laptops. I left, never went back. I like the kind of coffee place full of hoary men playing chess.
Yes, at least in my area. The majority of local trains carry coal to a coal-fired power plant in my state. Mots of those trains are now about two-and-a-half miles long. The beginning of the trains has 3-4 locomotives. They now put 3-4 locomotives in the MIDDLE of the train and then a couple in the rear. They had to put locomotives in the middle because the trains are now so long that they were snapping couplings.The railroads are running longer trains to cut costs. The industry term is "precision scheduled railroading".
Why? I know they have expensive stuff. And whatever the coffee price is, it won't be what I paid 10 years ago. Nothing got cheaper over the last 10 years.Maybe you should go visit a Starbucks and post your findings.
Dunkin is blah. I used to like them--but then again, I used to like their doughnuts. Either they didn't age well or I didn't (good chance neither of us!). I avoid DD or at the least order a dark roast with half the sugar and cream, then it's ok.We don't drink coffee at all. If we did I wouldn't go to Starbucks. They are far too leftist. I've heard Dunkin is better. It just doesn't have the snob appeal. And sadly far too many people require snob appeal from their coffee to validate themselves. Pretty pathetic really.
Oy vey, I walked out of the house without my lunch today. Costco food court here I come.Why? I know they have expensive stuff. And whatever the coffee price is, it won't be what I paid 10 years ago. Nothing got cheaper over the last 10 years.
Just had lunch out (coworker moving on). $15 for my lunch, just a sandwich (albeit a filling one) and some baked beans (I've had better), no drink (didn't even want to know). To me, that's expensive, cheaper to brown bag it. But in the scheme of things, costs money to run a restaurant. I just go as infrequently as I can. Then I don't care what they charge, since I don't have to pay. Anyhow. $15 for a sandwich that I didn't lift a finger to make? nice place to sit and commiserate with coworkers? fair price I thought.
And technically I just had my best year ever for income.
Waiting for the crossing arms to go up isn't a lot of fun.
I refuse to pay $6 for a cup of black coffee or coffee with a bunch of sugar, so I quit going to Starbucks years ago.
Besides, when you grind beans just before you make coffee through your pour over, you can't drink that crap from Starbucks or anywhere else.
In Seattle, A large (Venti) black coffee (medium roast- Pike's Place) is $4.75 before sales tax. With Sales tax, is $5.23.I agree with the second part.. but actual coffee at Charbucks is $3.
I see what you did thereBetter gauge is rail traffic like @wings&wheels mentioned, or LTL truck rates,...
You nailed my theory. Gary, Indiana is full of residents on a fixed income and many likely don't have discretionary income to be a regular /daily Starbuck's customer at $6 USD per drink. Douglas County, where Castle Rock resides, is one of the wealthiest counties in the USA. If residents of Gary, IN can't buy a TSLA (on a MACRO basis), that is not going to impact TSLA profitability. If residents of Douglas county can't afford and/ or chose not to buy a TSLA becuase of finances, which they can and do right now- that is something to be aware of if one wants a pulse on the US and possibly global economy.Regardless though, Castle Rock has some massive mansions and an average home value of $650k, according to Zillow. Whatever is going on in that town is not an indication of what's happening everywhere and cannot be compared to say, Gary, Indiana.
You nailed my theory. Gary, Indiana is full of residents on a fixed income and many likely don't have discretionary income to be a regular /daily Starbuck's customer at $6 USD per drink. Douglas County, where Castle Rock resides, is one of the wealthiest counties in the USA. If residents of Gary, IN can't buy a TSLA (on a MACRO basis), that is not going to impact TSLA profitability. If residents of Douglas county can't afford and/ or chose not to buy a TSLA becuase of finances, which they can and do right now- that is something to be aware of if one wants a pulse on the US and possibly global economy.
Yep. Also, they say that fishing tackle and bait shops are a recession proof business. You might be unemployed, but you can probably scrape together enough to buy some bait, hooks, lures and a six pack.I commented during a recession some years ago that I figured people would cancel their cable TV, etc.
My brilliant sociologist prof friend said the opposite happens - spending on escapist entertainment soars when times are hard.