I looked this up at Snopes.com and it is false. Below is some of the
info from Snopes.
It is that e-mail which continues to circulate to this day. Sgt.
Wright has since learned that what he heard was in error, and he has
subsequently tried to set things right by issuing the following
retraction:
Dear Readers,
Almost 5 months ago I sent an email to you my faithful friends. I did
a wrong thou that needs to be cleared up. I heard from word of mouth
about how Starbucks said they didn't support the war and all. I was
having enough of that kind of talk and didn't do my research properly
like I should have. This is not true. Starbucks supports the men and
women in uniform. They have personally contacted me and I have been
sent many of their Company's policy on this issue. So I apologize for
this quick wrong letter I sent out to you. Now I ask that you all pass
this email around to everyone you passed the last one to. Thank you
very much for understanding about this.
Howard C. Wright
Sgt USMC
Sgt. Wright has been unable to produce the reply his buddy supposedly
received from Starbucks, and the folks at Starbucks deny engaging in
any correspondence on such matter prior to this rumor coming along.
Given that no copy of the letter appears to exist, neither one resting
in the hands of the Sergeant's comrade, nor one residing in Starbucks'
files, the rumor about the java vendor's harsh response to a coffee-
hunting Marine should be dismissed.
As for what Starbucks has to say about the matter, while it doesn't
directly refute the rumor on its web site, it does at least provide
somewhat of an answer in e-mail. An excerpt from that statement reads:
"Starbucks has the deepest respect and admiration for U.S. military
personnel. We are extremely grateful to the men and women who serve
stateside or overseas. We sincerely appreciate that they are willing
to risk their lives to protect Americans and our values of freedom and
democracy. While Starbucks as a company cannot directly donate to
military personnel, many of our partners (employees) show their
support by donating coffee.
Starbucks partners receive one pound of free coffee each week as an
employee benefit (known as "partner mark-out"). Many of our partners
have elected to send their weekly mark-out of coffee to members of the
military or military families, and related organizations. Our partners
have collected and shipped numerous pounds of Starbucks coffee
overseas.
As an example of this generosity, our partners in our Atascadero,
California store sent their weekly mark out coffee to troops in
Afghanistan so they are able to enjoy a little piece of home. Our
customer relations department in Seattle donated hundreds of pounds of
coffee to the sailors in the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group."
You can read the rest of it at: http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/starbucks.asp
On Nov 17, 11:57 am, "melanie" <melanie_du...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Words fail me.
>
> Recently, Royal Marines in Iraq , wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffees, and to request that they send some of it to the troops there. Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support of their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyone in it, and that they would not send the troops their brand of coffee.
>
> So as not to offend Starbucks, maybe we should support them by NOT buying any of their products! I feel we should get this out in the open. I know this war might not be very popular with some folks, but that doesn't mean we don't support the boys on the ground, fighting street-to-street and, house-to-house.
>
> If you feel the same as I do then pass this along. Thanks very much for your support. I know you'll all be there again when I deploy once more.
> Sgt. Howard C. Wright 1st Force Recon Co 1st PLT.
>
> PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS. .. PLEASE PASS TO EVERYONE ON YOUR E- MAIL LIST, IN MEMORY OF ALL THE TROOPS WHO HAVE DIED, SO THAT WE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE !
>
> Also, don't forget that when the Twin Trade Towers were hit, the fire fighters and rescue workers went to Starbucks because it was close by for water for the survivors and workers, and Starbucks CHARGED THEM! ! !
>
> AN ADDED NOTE TO THIS: STARBUCKS HAD STORES ON SEVERAL MILITARY BASES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY ARE NOW BEING REMOVED BECAUSE OF THIS.
>
> There are 227 Starbucks stores across the UK, and there's no doubt that our soldiers would get the same response from this com pany, so let us do our bit and boycott Starbucks to show them how despicable their actions are.
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