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Here's why people are NOT happy with Starbucks' new red cup design
ONE OF THE biggest signs that Christmas has arrived is the appearance of the Starbucks red cups.
The cups have been given a makeover this year, with a plain red ombre design.
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The coffee giant says that the colour is bright bright poppy above, into a darker cranberry below.
The vice president of design and content for the company, Jeffrey Fields, said that the departure from a specific narrative was purposeful.
This didn’t go down too well with some religious people, angry at the absence of Christmas symbols
A conservative MP in Britain, David Burrowes, said “the Starbucks coffee cup change smells more of political correctness than a consumer-led change”, while the Christian Institute said
Some people said they would boycott the shop, while others began telling baristas their name was Merry Christmas so they had to write it on the cup.
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Then there were the messers who thought it was all one big overreaction
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Well DONE Starbucks, you’ve ruined it all.
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