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		jhbadger on Nov 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's Still Funny That 1k People Gave Tesla $250k f... Well, there is also that its competitor (also from the US but failed there) Gloria Jeans happened to fill its niche. The fact that each chain won in one country and failed in another seems to suggest it is just luck.

chris_wot on Nov 30, 2023 [–]

Gloria Jeans was financed by Hillsong, and though their coffee was pretty awful, it was still better than Starbucks.

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