The Starbucks GenocideBy: Lexie and Bree

Background

Starbucks gets their coffee beans from Yemen

Dunkin gets their coffee beans from Arabia

During the Arabian-Yemen war the U.S was allied with Yemen and had a trade embargo with Arabia

Resulting in Dunkin rebelling because they had no coffee beans

Long Term Hatred

Starbucks steals Dunkin’s customers

Copies Dunkin’s drinks

Uses false advertising

Dunkin/Starbucks Political Struggle

Starbucks wants control over all Coffee drinkers

Want to have rule over Dunkin

Dunkin wants to remain in business with rule over itself

Assimilation

President Obama is forcing Dunkin to obtain it’s coffee beans from Yemen instead of Arabia

Dunkin refuses to accept this law

Bystanders

Baskin Robins was aware of this happeningStarbucks asked them for help

BR did not want to jeopardize their company image

Perpetrator

Dunkin was put out of business and rebelled against Starbucks since they took their customers

Dunkin created the FSU party and allied with Yemen

Yemen poisoned the coffee beans they gave to starbucks

Killing all of those who drank their coffee

Victims

Innocent Starbucks coffee drinkers were targeted during the genocide

As well as all employees of Starbucks

Heroes

Folgers sends Starbucks a new supply of coffee beans

They also stop all shipment of Yemen coffee beans to the US by taking control of the ships used to import the beans

International Response

The UN was told about the genocide through a letter sent by Baskin Robins

They ignored it and said “the problem will fix itself”

Citizens of the US didn’t act upon hearing of the genocide, they just drank other coffee brands

Following orders

Yemen allied with the FSU party and poisoned with coffee beans sent to Starbucks

Starbucks got their coffee beans from Yemen, following the law President Obama passed

Baskin Robins reported information they knew about the genocide to the UN

Outcome

By poisoning the Yemen coffee beans 3.2 million people were killed over the course of 4 weeks

Dunkin regained control of coffee drinkers since everyone thought Starbucks was poisoned