Comments on: Local coffee shop Sacred Grounds closing next week http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2007/11/local-coffee-shop-sacred-grounds-closing-next-week.html Personal Blog for James Christopher Hardie Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris Hardie's Weblog http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2007/11/local-coffee-shop-sacred-grounds-closing-next-week.html#comment-67082 Chris Hardie's Weblog Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:58:45 +0000 http://www.chrishardie.com/weblog/archives/2007/11/local-coffee-shop-sacred-grounds-closing-next-week.html#comment-67082 <strong>Local coffee shop Charlie's closes its doors</strong> As they are seemingly wont to do, another locally owned coffee shop, Charlie's Coffee Bar and Gallery, has closed its doors. Sigh. This is not an isolated incident. This is not a bump in the road on the way to a better Richmond. These things must n... Local coffee shop Charlie's closes its doors

As they are seemingly wont to do, another locally owned coffee shop, Charlie's Coffee Bar and Gallery, has closed its doors. Sigh.
This is not an isolated incident. This is not a bump in the road on the way to a better Richmond. These things must n...

]]> By: JH http://www.chrishardie.com/blog/2007/11/local-coffee-shop-sacred-grounds-closing-next-week.html#comment-58118 JH Sun, 25 Nov 2007 00:39:26 +0000 http://www.chrishardie.com/weblog/archives/2007/11/local-coffee-shop-sacred-grounds-closing-next-week.html#comment-58118 I wouldn't doubt if the opening of Starbucks had some effect. Starbucks is notorious for deliberately locating new shops very near a thriving locally owned coffee shop in order to siphon off business and ultimately kill the locals. They are, I'll just say it, the Wal-Marts of coffee shops. Maybe there's a double boycott in order here -- a ruinous business on ruined ground. I wouldn't doubt if the opening of Starbucks had some effect. Starbucks is notorious for deliberately locating new shops very near a thriving locally owned coffee shop in order to siphon off business and ultimately kill the locals. They are, I'll just say it, the Wal-Marts of coffee shops. Maybe there's a double boycott in order here -- a ruinous business on ruined ground.

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