The two companies have joined forces to urge Congress to “Come Together” before tax hikes and spending cuts push America over the “fiscal cliff.”
On any given day, the North Druid Hills and Briarcliff communities and Washington, D.C., might seem like they’re a million miles apart. Today is not one of those days. As Congress and President Barack Obama attempt to hash out differences to stop America from falling over the “Fiscal Cliff,” Patch and Starbucks are teaming up to urge Republicans and Democrats to “come together.” The two companies are working together to make sure Congress gets the message America wants a viable solution to the country’s financial woes. There are four Starbucks locations in North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch: 2311 N. Druid Hills Road, 2135 Briarcliff Road, 2321 N. Druid Hills Road, and 2875 N. Decatur Road. The so-called Fiscal Cliff encompasses all of the…
The Kamdars owned a Mocha Delites franchise inside the Atlanta VA Medical Center until November. Now they're starting over in downtown Decatur.
Dan and Judy Kamdar claim when they purchased a Mocha Delites franchise at the Atlanta VA Medical Center on Clairmont Road five years ago, the center verbally agreed to allow them to competitively bid to lease the coffee shop after their existing contract expired in June 2008. But instead, the Kamdars’ contract was extended temporarily before the medical center took over the location in November to sell Starbucks products. The VA's decision was met with opposition from some employees who frequented the Kamdars’ coffee shop. About 500 of them signed a petition urging their employer to extend Mocha Delites’ contract. Ultimately the effort failed. The Kamdars opened their own coffee shop, Cafe Mocha, in the basement of Commerce Plaza, an …
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Ron Tims
7:27 am on Monday, October 31, 2011
Starbucks has put enough local small business owners out of business. There were enough patrons at the VA to support both. Starbucks was just scared of some good old competition. Shame on the VA. They got 500 signtures, how many did Starbucks get. more ›