Starbucks Mayor deals come to Canada on Foursquare

A while back I earned my Starbucks badge on foursquare for checking into 5 different locations.

Excited about the badge I was then quickly disappointed that it actually meant nothing and there was no reward for my loyalty.

With a recent update to the App installed, I noticed that there was now a “special offer” button under Starbucks this morning when I went to check-in.  In order to unlock the special, you need to be the mayor. Despite fierce competition from other BSTREET-ers, I’ve been able to defend this mayorship and redeemed my special today – even though the Barrista had no idea what foursquare was or whether or not my coupon was even real as there was no promotional code on it.

The timing for this real reward for my loyalty to Starbucks is timely considering McDonalds is about to roll out their own location based service using the new facebook location API.

Although I applaud Starbucks for adding a real incentive, I think it’s still a miss not to offer those with the badge something too.