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Estimate the cost of a Starbucks dining chair
Category: Business and Money Asked by: catalyst2095-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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22 Mar 2006 09:05 PST
Expires: 21 Apr 2006 10:05 PDT Question ID: 710569 |
I am trying to estimate how much Starbucks pays for each dining chair they purchase for their 6,000 retail stores. Last year, they added roughly 700 stores and one could assume that each store has maybe 15 chairs. So last year alone, they ordered 10,500 chairs. One would assume they are sourcing from Asia. Thanks so much - an answer ASAP would be greatly appreciated! | |
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Re: Estimate the cost of a Starbucks dining chair
From: williamashley-ga on 22 Mar 2006 12:19 PST |
I'm geussing it is costing them around 5$ per chair, but there apear to be different models, there is the 'couchy chair' and the 'frame chair' I would say the couchys cost around 10$ and the frames 5$ if commercial markup applies at 3x to that so 30$ and 15$ |
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Re: Estimate the cost of a Starbucks dining chair
From: roxrox-ga on 22 Mar 2006 12:26 PST |
Restaurant grade chairs are not cheap, I know. Can you pst a link to an example of a chair at starbuck and I might be able to help. I priced restaurant chairs at the biggest restaurant/food show in the USA. I hit every vendor. |
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Re: Estimate the cost of a Starbucks dining chair
From: jack_of_few_trades-ga on 22 Mar 2006 12:55 PST |
I agree Rox, these chairs can't be dirt cheap. And Catalyst, don't forget to estimate the replacement rate for existing Starbucks chairs. They can't last forever... and I imagine that they are replaced at fairly low level of ware. |
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Re: Estimate the cost of a Starbucks dining chair
From: designerb-ga on 24 Mar 2006 16:31 PST |
AT 10,000+ chairs a year, they probably are dirt cheap. They have serious negotiatiating power with that volume. |
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Re: Estimate the cost of a Starbucks dining chair
From: catalyst2095-ga on 27 Mar 2006 10:49 PST |
Thanks for the comments so far - I'm guessing roxrox-ga has more of the right idea. Roxrox, if you could estimate for the wooden chairs I listed above, that would be great... |
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Re: Estimate the cost of a Starbucks dining chair
From: myoarin-ga on 28 Mar 2006 03:07 PST |
Just to get an idea of what chairs can cost, check out this site: http://www.sinyavka.zubr.com/stule.htm Add 20% for dollar prices. Ikea USA on page 194 of its present catalog sells a simple wooden chair for $19.95 http://www3.ecweb.is/ussd/ Remember that these are retail prices. If Starbucks can't go directly to manufacturers and buy in its quantities for a whole number fraction of these prices, I would be very surprised. |
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Re: Estimate the cost of a Starbucks dining chair
From: roxrox-ga on 28 Mar 2006 15:06 PST |
My estimate is about $80 a chair. |
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