Has Starbucks quietly raised the price of Frappuccinos and other drinks?
I never order Frappuccinos, so I can’t confirm or deny this reader’s price-increase claim. It’s up to you, readers. Marc C. writes to STARBUCKS GOSSIP: I wanted to bring to your attention that Starbucks has added yet another price increase to all their stores effective this past week. As soon as the holiday themed price boards came down, the new replacements had a price increase for many of the iced beverages. The price for a Frappuccino went up 20-cents. That’s in addition to the 5-cents increase across the board on every drink last October (which you wrote about). Not only has this increase not been announced publicly, Starbucks didn’t even instruct many of their baristas of this fact until customers began questioning. In a September 22, 2006 Seattle Times article, they had the following quote: “Occasionally in one of the international markets, there will be a price increase,” Chief Financial Officer Michael Casey said at the time. But in the United States, “we have no plans in the f
