I'm really not understand the hue and cry here about the presence of the Starbucks logo on Main Street. I don't want to be taken as being dismissive of anyone. I just don't understand. Just in the interest of full disclosure, I should admit to being a Starbucks gold card holder.
But my point of view comes from the fact that for years, if not decades, the first thing folks saw upon entering the MK was the Kodak logo (though, I suspect, it isn't there any longer but for reasons that have nothing to do with this issue).
Casey's hot dog stand prominently displays at least five iterations of the Coca Cola logo.
And the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor has at least two Edy's Ice Cream (which, apparently,
Nestle owns) signs above the entry way.
And imagine my shock and horror (
) when I realized that, until recently (when Nestle ended it's sponsorship) the Main Street Bakery sign included the Nestle logo on it.
Here are
close ups of the sign from 2008.
from 2006:
from 2001:
The
Nestle logo was removed by 2011 (but note the additional Edy's logo in the bottom left corner of this photo).
I'm not wanting anyone to be deprived of their favorite pastries. I don't care that some regard Starbucks coffee as "swill." I respect those people and their tastes. That isn't the point.
I'm just not getting the objection to yet another corporate logo on Main Street.