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Originally Posted by KathieI
Non-compete clauses are very common amongst the large chains. There was a small, privately owned coffee kiosk in a parking lot next to LAX and along comes a new Starbucks in the building next door and literally put them out of business. They had been there for probably 20 years or more but in order to stay in business, they changed over to yogurt and eventually went belly up. When I asked the owner why she changed over to frozen yogurt, she said it was a non-compete from Starbucks that even though she was the original store there, it didn't matter, the landlord gave in.
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This is an example of a business becoming too big for its britches, throwing its weight around and bashing the little guys all around them. What earthly difference would it make to them if some little mom & pop outfit sells coffee? They can't possibly do damage to Starbucks. They used to be a small mom & pop themselves, and now they are big and arrogant and only look at the bottom line and go out of their way to run every little local coffee shop out of town. I hate this. I won't buy from them. They have demonstrated poor ethics.
And don't tell me these corporations have to do this so their stockholders will make money. Hogwash. Plenty of businesses are more ethically run and still make a profit.
Remember, it was the greedy robber barons who gave rise to unions.