A few years back Starbucks (at least here in the U.S.) closed all of their stores for one day to retrain the employees on service. They also found that most people that went into Starbucks were unhappy that they couldn't order a standard grind each time they came in... there wasn't anything that they could depend on always being available. They remedied that by producing a middle of the road grind named, appropriately 'Pike Place' (since that was the site of the original store in Seattle).
Now one can always depend on finding Pike Place... it's a medium blend, still just strong enough to support my "leave room for cream, please" order and the use of three sugars (I know, I know). No bitterness but very pleasing...