Sticking With Starbucks

Has Starbucks utterly lost its cachet amid the recession? Though the chain has certainly taken its lumps, BIGresearch polling last month indicates it retains a loyal constituency. When the respondents were asked to say where they buy their coffee most often, 9.2 percent cited Starbucks — down, but not deeply so, from the 9.8 percent saying the same last May. The more populist (if not plebian) Dunkin’ Donuts has seen a similar downtick in the number citing it as their chief coffee stop, from 4.8