@Dante Wong
I’m Chinese but I don’t drink coffee so I don’t have a dog in this fight, but regarding your question, well, I think we Chinese will manage just fine after Starbuck’s hypothetical demise.

After all, we have our very own homegrown 瑞幸咖啡 - or in English, Luckin Coffee - which has already surpassed Starbucks in terms of annual sales & number of stores and is currently the largest coffee chain in China:

Luckin Coffee's annual sales for 2023 hit 24.9 billion yuan ($3.45 billion), up 87.3 percent from the previous year's 13.3 billion yuan.
Compare this to Starbuck’s 2023 annual sales of $3.16 billion.
When it comes to number of stores, Luckin Coffee is very much ahead of Starbucks:
In fact, Luckin Coffee took less than a year to reach 1000 stores.
Cotti Coffee is even more aggressive in its expansion plans, reaching 1000 stores in
In comparison, Starbucks took 16 years to reach 1000 stores.
Luckin Coffee’s triumph over Starbucks has been attributed to its much deeper understanding of the Chinese market and consumer preferences. Its franchise model and strategy of targeting China’s second-tier cities and below have also been instrumental in contributing to its explosive growth and expansion across the country.
In conclusion, James Mitchell - in the event of Starbucks’ hypotethical demise in China, we will still have Luckin Coffee, Cotti Coffee, Lucky Cup and a whole host of other coffee brands to pick from.
We’ll manage


我是中国人,但我不喝咖啡,所以在这场战斗中我没有养狗,但关于你的问题,嗯,我认为在星巴克假设的灭亡后,我们中国人会做得很好。
毕竟,我们有自己的本土瑞幸咖啡,或者说瑞幸咖啡,它的年销售额和门店数量已经超过了星巴克,是目前中国最大的咖啡连锁店:
瑞幸咖啡2023年销售额达到249亿元人民币(34.5 亿美元),比上年的133亿元人民币增长87.3%。
与此相比,星巴克2023年的年销售额为 31.6 亿美元。
从门店数量来看,瑞幸咖啡远远领先于星巴克
事实上,瑞幸咖啡用了不到一年的时间就达到了1000家门店。
库迪咖啡的扩张计划更加激进,在2019年门店数量达到1000 家。只用了5个月。
相比之下,星巴克花了16年时间才拥有1000家门店。
瑞幸咖啡战胜星巴克的原因在于其对中国市场和消费者偏好的更深入的了解。其针对中国二线及以下城市的特许经营模式和战略也对其在全国范围内的爆炸性增长和扩张做出了重要贡献。
即使星巴克在中国消亡,我们仍然会有瑞幸咖啡、科蒂咖啡、和许多其他咖啡品牌可供选择。
我们会处理好的