Mom-and-Pop stores should continue to cower in fear as this live map demonstrates the frighteningly rapid growth of America’s most ubiquitous superstore.

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1. See Wal-Mart Grow!

But only for three hours. All American locations were shut down temporarily so that employees could, in the words of one mocking headline, “learn how to make coffee.”

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1. Starbucks Baristas Question Substance of National Shutdown for “Training”
2. Media Alert: Starbucks Closes Between 5:30 and 9:00 P.M. On Tuesday to Perfect the Art of Espresso
3. Starbucks Closed? Dunkin’ Donuts to the Rescue!
4. Why This Man Hates Starbucks: Coffee Talk With Reverend Billy
5. Coffee Confessions (Reverend Billy, If You’re Listening, Can I Get a Hallelujah?)
6. A Nation Briefly Without Starbucks
7. Starbucks To Begin Sinister “Phase Two” Of Operation
8. Starbucks Closes to Learn How to Make Coffee

Apple extract, plain caramel coloring, coffee leaf, tantaric acid, gum arabic, cane sugar and sparkling water combine to make Pepsi’s less fizzy, “healthy” new beverage, which has made its debut in England.

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1. New And Exciting Products: Cane Sugar Pepsi “Raw” Launches In The UK Only
2. Someone! Anyone! Give Us a Taste Reoirt!
3. Will Coca-Cola Try To Come Up With Its Own Natural Cola?
4. Cola Companies Battle to See Who Can Make the Most Successful “Healthy” Soda
5. Cane Sugar Reduces Calorie Content by 30 Whole Calories!
6. Video Taste Test: Can You Tell “Natural” Pepsi From the Original?
7. Only Available For Now in the UK