Kyle from BumperActive called Starbucks today to find out why we’re not allowed to take pix there. Apparently, we are. I wonder if they’d put it in writing?
So today I call Starbucks Public Affairs Senior Specialist Sanja
Gould to ask her the what gives. She said:“Starbucks
does not have a photo policy for the general public. Our policy is
not to allow media to photograph within our stores without prior approval
from our media relations marketing team.”Regular, private individuals, walking in and taking snap shots, that’s
not the media, correct?“Correct.”
What’s up with all these managers kicking people out of the stores
for taking pictures?“While
I’m sure every instance is different, I can’t comment about that because
I haven’t been able to talk to the managers involved. I can tell you
what our policy is, and our policy is for the media only.”