Amazing !!!!

It was about a new thing starting to make waves there YEARS ago - Starbucks sold from carts. As with several other times in the past, I WISH I had had the courage of my convictions; seeing people line up for coffee from a street vendor was impressive, and I thought there must be a good business case there.

I think time has proved me both correct and lacking conviction. Mind you, I lived in Victoria at the time, and getting a street vendor's license there almost required an Act of Parliament. A company called 2% successfully made the move from carts to brick-and-mortar, but to only one very small walk-up counter. The C of V had good intentions though, I think. They used to (and may still do) have non-competition zones, wherein a coffee vendor, for example, didn't have to worry about another vendor coming within a few blocks of them.

This incredibly industrious woman may become the Starbucks of rice balls.