"Robert Nicholson" wrote in message
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Here in the UK you pay a higher price per pastry to eat in at the
local Starbucks. Having been in the USA, UK, Thailand and Australia in
the last six months I don't remember seeing this policy elsewhere.

Do anybody know where in the world you pay extra if you want to eat in
at your local Starbucks?

In the America Starbucks encourages lounging and I think there would
be an uproar if customers were asked to pay a higher price to eat in
than take out.

In the US, it depends upon the locality--which state and (to some
extent) which city/county. In some locations, whether or not you pay tax
on items (coffee, pastries) purchased at Starbucks depends upon whether
you consume those items in-store or take them out (creating the issue,
as you might surmise, when people order something "to go" but consume it
on-site). There is no nation-wide policy regarding the taxation of food
(sales tax regulations are determined on the state and local levels)

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