[geeks] Barbeque Geekery

[Phil Stracchino]

Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> On May 27, 2008, at 20:55 , Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
>> I was pretty sure I heard of Peet's being bought out a couple of years 
>> back.  I'll freely concede I could be mistaken ...  but then, it 
>> wouldn't be the first time, as far as the recollections of myself and 
>> multiple other people are concerned, I've caught the universe in a 
>> continuity error.
> 
> The founders of Peet's and Starbucks all know each other, but I believe 
> they are still separate companies.

Yeah, the story as I heard it is that Starbucks was founded because the 
founder/owner of Peet's wouldn't sell.


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