| rick_h_droid | morning | 12:28 |
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| snap-l | Well, apparently Caribou is closing up | 19:33 |
| snap-l | Madison Heights Caribou is closing | 19:33 |
| snap-l | What I understand is there will be 8 of them in Michigan, now called Peets | 19:33 |
| snap-l | what will peets do you ask? close 88 stores and put hundreds of dedicated hard working caribou employees out of work with virtually little notice. i am one of them. | 19:33 |
| derekv | link? | 19:45 |
| derekv | you work at a caribou? | 19:47 |
| snap-l | No, I don't | 19:47 |
| snap-l | it was a comment on the Forbes article | 19:47 |
| derekv | they are buying all the caribous? | 19:47 |
| snap-l | They gave the employees notice this weekend, for a store closing on the 14th | 19:47 |
| rick_h_droid | huh? | 19:47 |
| * rick_h_droid goes after news | 19:47 | |
| snap-l | German dude bought Caribou, and previously owned Peets | 19:47 |
| snap-l | Apparently 88 stores are closing, and some of them are becoming peets | 19:48 |
| derekv | wtf is a peets? | 19:48 |
| derekv | frankley i've been dissallusioned with corperate coffee chains for a while | 19:49 |
| rick_h_droid | linky? | 19:49 |
| snap-l | Apparently it's a popular place on the west coast | 19:49 |
| derekv | not that the staff deservers anything bad | 19:49 |
| snap-l | http://www.forbes.com/sites/caroltice/2012/12/18/what-the-new-owner-of-peets-and-caribou-coffee-will-do-next/ | 19:49 |
| rick_h_droid | Peets is super wear coast coffee. well respected out there | 19:49 |
| jjesse | Big fan of Peets | 19:49 |
| jjesse | great coffee | 19:49 |
| jjesse | so the dude who owns Peets owns Caribu? | 19:50 |
| rick_h_droid | what's the fancy grocer? | 19:50 |
| jjesse | which one? | 19:50 |
| rick_h_droid | that does all the organic and such? | 19:50 |
| jjesse | Whole Foods or something else | 19:50 |
| snap-l | The dide that bought peets bought caribou | 19:50 |
| rick_h_droid | yea Peets is the whole foods of coffee | 19:50 |
| derekv | i always liked indie coffee shops | 19:51 |
| derekv | but they get crushed | 19:51 |
| jjesse | i would prefer caribou over starbucks but that doenst seem to be any by me | 19:52 |
| rick_h_droid | yea caribou here. where I go each day | 19:52 |
| derekv | there's a big coffee beanery near me | 19:52 |
| derekv | its south of the RO caribou | 19:52 |
| rick_h_droid | and hosted CHC for yesrs | 19:52 |
| derekv | cofee beanery has a different crowd | 19:53 |
| snap-l | I'm just getting a little sick of things that I like going away | 19:54 |
| rick_h_droid | hmm nothing in there on closing but the comments. I'll have to check with my local place we I go up in a bit. | 19:55 |
| snap-l | I think they just found out today | 19:55 |
| rick_h_droid | I know the managers up there. | 19:56 |
| jjesse | wait you think caribou would close because of this purchase? | 20:08 |
| snap-l | jjesse: I know it's closing | 20:09 |
| snap-l | purchase already happened | 20:09 |
| jjesse | all or just the one you guys normally go to? | 20:09 |
| jjesse | justa bit confused | 20:09 |
| snap-l | No Bou in Michigan any longer | 20:10 |
| snap-l | Only Peets, and only in limited locations | 20:10 |
| jjesse | wow | 20:10 |
| jjesse | did you get that from the aricle or something? | 20:11 |
| snap-l | No, from an associate at the store | 20:13 |
| rick_h_ | so just went up and talked to peek at my local place | 20:13 |
| rick_h_ | they're done in a week :( | 20:13 |
| rick_h_ | they're still telling employees, they don't all know | 20:13 |
| rick_h_ | less than one in ten is staying open and they're turning into peets | 20:14 |
| jjesse | that scusks | 20:14 |
| rick_h_ | sounds selfish but really really bummed. CHC is probably going to need to relocate again and my daily caribou 'work with coffee in the afternoon' is over | 20:15 |
| derekv | the coffee hangout is dead. =[ | 20:28 |
| derekv | where will anyone do their homework | 20:29 |
| rick_h_ | :P | 20:29 |
| derekv | I call conspiracy. | 20:30 |
| derekv | Its a slippery slope that leads to ban on public gatherings. | 20:30 |
| rick_h_droid | talked with the manager and looks like the Woodward store will stay open and turn into Peets eventually. lol one closes the doors next Sunday at noon :-( | 21:58 |
| rick_h_droid | /lol/local | 21:58 |
| snap-l | WEll, that's somewhat of a relief | 22:12 |
| snap-l | ish | 22:12 |
| rick_h_droid | yea | 22:14 |
| rick_h_droid | will be interesting to see how it transforms. | 22:15 |
| rick_h_droid | can't help but wonder if they'll shut down, re-theme and if that means the room would go away. | 22:15 |
| snap-l | I think we might want to plan for that eventuality | 22:22 |
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