Jack Crivici-Kramer
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They only show the price for the smalls.
Very minimalist.
And you know I'm a big caffeine guy.
I want a large.
It's more.
I think it's a new kind of inflation.
Hideflation.
Yeah, it's a little sneakflation over there.
But the location is the second key in their calculation.
So far, Blank Street is in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and London.
which happens to be the cities of the MTA, the T, the Metro, and the Tube.
Yeah, they're subway cities.
They're only doing subway cities.
And by our calculations, 90% of Blank Street stores are within two minutes of a subway stop.
Basically, they're getting that commuter cash.
Their second optimization was time.
They have a patented automated espresso machine that can do 700 shots per hour by doing eight espresso shots simultaneously.
So you only need two baristas to manage it, and they're still going to judge you, by the way.
And they basically drive themselves.
And they don't need to be maestros of the macchiato.