Comment by ksdale

Speaking of coffee shops, I can't for the life of me remember where I heard/read this story, but there was a guy who owned a coffee shop who said that they got a big boost in business when Starbucks opened across the street from them. His claim was that Starbucks was approachable enough to turn more people in the town into regular coffee drinkers, and once they became regular coffee drinkers, they would often seek out something they liked better than Starbucks and end up in his shop.