So the often ‘anti-corporation,’ sometimes overly kuombaya liberal in me is slightly embarrassed to admit that I frequent the 9th avenue Starbucks around the corner from my apartment. Since the beginning of 2010, I’ve noticed they’ve launched a “Real Food’ Campaign, with signs around the store boasting similar sentiments to the one above. At first, this was very exciting, until I looked into the food display case…
It seems with the implantation of the “Real Food’ Campaign comes the addition of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes (which you can also conveniently buy in a 6 pack container), ‘low-fat’ Banana Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake and a whole assortment of cookies and doughnuts. I didn’t notice any real food, let alone anything gluten free, except for the non-organic bananas (which are more expensive than the small cookies!) by the counter. Thank you, Starbucks, for taking out the trans fat and high fructose corn syrup, but a slice of lemon cake with vanilla frosting doesn’t quite qualify as ‘real food’ in my book.
It seems with the implantation of the “Real Food’ Campaign comes the addition of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes (which you can also conveniently buy in a 6 pack container), ‘low-fat’ Banana Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake and a whole assortment of cookies and doughnuts. I didn’t notice any real food, let alone anything gluten free, except for the non-organic bananas (which are more expensive than the small cookies!) by the counter. Thank you, Starbucks, for taking out the trans fat and high fructose corn syrup, but a slice of lemon cake with vanilla frosting doesn’t quite qualify as ‘real food’ in my book.
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