Talk:Caribou Coffee

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I added more information about Arcapita (based in Bahrain) and the nature of Caribou's Sharia obligations. I intended to be fair, "just the facts".

I added Arcapita's own website displaying other investments of the company including The Tensar Corporation, Cypress Communications, Southland log Homes, Church's Chicken, Loehmann's, Cirrus Design Corporation, and many others.

Stub

I don't think that this article should be a stub, but I don't know how to change it into a normal article.--Daffy100 23:27, 6 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to work on this article and get it out of stub.--phenz^Talk 04:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Advertizement

What is your message in your ad, the women and two Caribou. What message are you sending, that will catch the attention of potential customers.

Thanks Steve131.187.253.130 13:23, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I deleted a biased paragraph that was bitching about prices/treatment of employees. Wikipedia is not the place to vent about such matters. Kirkesque 01:49, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Caribou.gif

Image:Caribou.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Controversy section

I just removed this because it was unsourced and did not make clear what Caribou Coffee had done that was actually controversial or who found it so. If there are sources showing notable commentators believe there is something sinister about Caribou Coffee's ownership - or that the actions of owners have drawn significant controversy to the company then we should reinstate it - rewritten and properly verified. I also think - given the lack of other sources the snopes link from the external links section should probably go. Without other coverage it doesn't that seem justified. -- SiobhanHansa 18:17, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ownership

Why are we mentioning a particular line of the "philosophy" of the majority stake holders? In what way does its inclusion conform to Wikipedia's due weight requirement for a neutral point of view? Are there significant actions the comapny has taken because of this philosophy? Is the issue considered significant in the business community? We need reliable sources that show this significance before writing about it like this. The philosophies of most major investors are not selectively quoted in most business articles here. -- SiobhanHansa 18:24, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The snopes article is outdated (links on it lead to dead-end pages) and the focus on the ownership is probably perpetuated by someone with interest in Starbucks. Seriously.

Headquarters

Why is the Headquarters listed as Minneapolis, Minnesota? It really is in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. and I would know because I actually live there. Alec92 (talk) 02:58, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]