{"id":5333,"date":"2012-05-17T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2014-06-26T22:30:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T22:30:47","slug":"starbucks-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/starbucks-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For ages and ages there was no Starbucks in Sweden, at all.\u00a0 Unlike the US with around about 11 000 caf\u00e9s, 1000 in Canada and more than 800 in Japan, Sweden had up until recently had none even though it is one of America\u2019s biggest coffee chains. About 7 or 8 years ago Starbucks was known for having close to slave-like wages, maybe that is why it didn\u2019t really catch on in Sweden. However, after the first Starbucks arrived in Sweden, in Stockholm\u2019s international airport Arlanda in 2010, two more have followed during 2012. \u201cThe concept will be kept to travel locations, such as airports and train stations\u201d, says Lars Edengr\u00e9en, CEO for SSP Sweden. There are now 3 different Starbucks locations in Sweden including; Arlanda airport and in the central train stations in Gothenburg and Malm\u00f6.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For some, those who have lived in Starbucks-filled cities might realize what a cultural significance places like that have. Don\u2019t misunderstand me when I say this, I do not mean that the \u201cmeeting up\u201d or \u201cstopping by a caf\u00e9\u201d or just \u201cpicking up a coffee\u201d can\u2019t take place if there is no Starbucks. What I am trying to say is more that in some countries with big chains there is sort of a cultural marker for certain caf\u00e9s. I personally was surprised to find how few Starbucks there actually were in Sweden. Instead there are other caf\u00e9s in Sweden and people meet up at different places. I was also surprised how few people new of the chain in Sweden, even though the chain owns more than 16 000 caf\u00e9s in more than 50 different countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/05\/Starbucks_Arlanda_17M_e283825c-dd2e-44d4-abee-322abff2ac20-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/05\/Starbucks_Arlanda_17M_e283825c-dd2e-44d4-abee-322abff2ac20-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/05\/Starbucks_Arlanda_17M_e283825c-dd2e-44d4-abee-322abff2ac20.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>For ages and ages there was no Starbucks in Sweden, at all.\u00a0 Unlike the US with around about 11 000 caf\u00e9s, 1000 in Canada and more than 800 in Japan, Sweden had up until recently had none even though it is one of America\u2019s biggest coffee chains. About 7 or 8 years ago Starbucks was&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/starbucks-in-sweden\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,9979],"tags":[8124,8121,191816],"class_list":["post-5333","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-living-in-sweden","tag-cafe","tag-coffee","tag-starbucks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5333"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6712,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions\/6712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}