Food Theory: Is This the DEATH of Starbucks?

*🗣️HELLO INTERNET!🗣️Shop our Theorywear here! ✨* ► https://www.theoryverse.store/discount/SANTI10OFF Starbucks is getting WAY too expensive and this new coffee brand may be taking them DOWN pretty soon. You may not know them quite yet, but you will in this episode… 0:00 The Battle Of The Beans 0:35 Luckin Coffee's Massive Rise 1:12 How Luckin Conquered China 2:35 The $300 Million Fraud Scandal 3:42 Luckin’s Surprising 2026 Comeback 4:30 Why Starbucks Is Struggling 5:58 Meet Fast Food’s Mr. Fixit 7:02 Reclaiming The "Third Place" 8:00 Starbucks' Price Freeze Strategy 8:45 The Risk Of Ditching Mobile 9:45 Luckin Lands In America 10:45 Appealing To Gen Z Drinkers 11:45 Coupons And Dystopian Algorithms 12:28 Will Luckin Dethrone Starbucks? ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ *Credits:* Writers: Santi Massa, Mike Keenan Editors: Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi, Andrew Mejia, Warak Assistant Editor: Cat Turner (AntiApropos) Sound Designer: Yosi Berman ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Need Royalty Free Music for your Content? Try Epidemic Sound. Get Your 30 Day Free Trial Now ► http://share.epidemicsound.com/theFoodTheorists ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ #Starbucks #Coffee #LuckinCoffee #Theory #FoodTheory