The Starbucks GenocideBy: Lexie and Bree

BackgroundStarbucks gets their coffee beans from YemenDunkin gets their coffee beans from ArabiaDuring the Arabian-Yemen war the U.S was allied with Yemen and had a trade embargo with ArabiaResulting in Dunkin rebelling because they had no coffee beans

Long Term HatredStarbucks steals Dunkin’s customersCopies Dunkin’s drinksUses 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

BystandersBaskin Robins was aware of this happening

Starbucks 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 customersDunkin created the FSU party and allied with YemenYemen poisoned the coffee beans they gave to starbucksKilling all of those who drank their coffee

VictimsInnocent Starbucks coffee drinkers were targeted during the genocideAs well as all employees of Starbucks

HeroesFolgers 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 ResponseThe 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 ordersYemen allied with the FSU party and poisoned with coffee beans sent to StarbucksStarbucks got their coffee beans from Yemen, following the law President Obama passedBaskin Robins reported information they knew about the genocide to the UN

OutcomeBy 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