I haven’t posted in a while (waayid ingaalat hal jumla last few months) but this pissed me off and I have to post about it …

$tarbucks Kuwait increased their prices yet again! This is the second price increase that I can remember, and I wrote about the one that I do remember (someone told me its the third but Im not sure). And again like the earlier increase, I tried to find anything on the net about a price increase, but it seems that again its just Kuwait!!

I used to get a grande latte back in the day for 1.150 KD (again correct me if wrong), then this went up to 1.300 KD, and as of yesterday, it is at 1.500 KD!!! So thats a 350 fils increase, or a 30% increase in less than 5 yrs!!

If we take today’s exchange rates, and today the KD is at its strongest in nearly 20 yrs the 1.500 KD latte is almost $5.4.

$5.4 for a grande latte in Kuwait, versus $3.69 for a grande latte in New York, which is 1.030 KD!

Is is just me or does this seem like daylight robbery??

I wish I could say ill boycott starbucks, but the problem is that its the only available option most of the time! They are everywhere. I like Caribou coffee and Coffe Bean but both have limited branches, and you have to go out of your way to get to them. If im planning to sit at a coffee shop, I rarely go to starbucks, but when its to go, they’re always there.