Starbucks Sends Cease and Desist to Brewpub Serving Frappicino Beer, Owner Responds
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December 30, 2013 12/30/2013 11:20 am
Starbucks Sends Cease and Desist to Brewpub Serving Frappicino Beer, Owner Responds
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Almost enough for a real Frappuccino. Photo: Facebook/Exit 6 Pub and Brewery
A small brewpub some 40 miles outside of St. Louis was forced to change the name of one of its products after receiving a formal cease and desist letter from Starbucks. The coffee giants lawyers sent a letter earlier this month asserting that Exit 6s Frappicino brew which owner Jeff Britton claims would in fact have been called Frappuccino if it werent for his poor spelling may have been mistaken for an officially licensed Starbucks product, and that wouldnt havent been good. For his part, Britton has now apologized profusely, repeatedly, sardonically for any damage Exit 6 did to Starbucks. He even sent along a check for $6. How sweet.
Britton probably heard about what the chain did to Bangkok coffee vendor Starbung, now known as Bung Tears, and of its rigorous crackdown on Charbucks of New Hampshire.
We just want to help a business like Starbucks. Us small business owners need to stick together, he writes, and judging from the exchange below, it seems as though Exit 6 may have had the last laugh.
The original letter.Photo: Facebook/Exit 6 Pub and Brewery
Respectfully yours.Photo: Facebook/Exit 6 Pub and Brewery
Exit 6 Pub and Brewery [Facebook]
Local brewpubs sarcastic response to Starbucks letter [KSDK]
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Starbucks Sends Cease and Desist to Brewpub Serving Frappicino
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