02 Nov Starbucks SA sold as Taste Holdings exits foodbev business
Taste Holdings announced on Friday Nov 1 that it is selling its Starbucks franchise business in South Africa for R7m.
13 Feb Nestlé unveils its first coffee lines under Starbucks name
Nestlé has announced the launch of a new range of coffee products under the Starbucks brand to be available globally.
08 May Starbucks gets fizzy
Starbucks, eager to make money well beyond the realm of coffee, is officially entering the soda wars. This northern hemisphere summer, the coffee shop’s baristas will offer a handcrafted carbonated beverage dubbed “Fizzio” in 3 000 US stores, as well as in Singapore, South Korea...
27 Mar US: Starbucks adding booze to menus countrywide
Putting the "bar" in barista, Starbucks has announced that it will be shifting from selling alcohol in a few select stores to unleashing it across the US.
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14 Nov Starbucks to pay Kraft nearly $2.8bn
Starbucks has been ordered by an arbitor to pay Kraft’s former parent, Mondelez International, $2.23-billion in damages plus $527-million in prejudgment interest and attorneys’ fees after the coffee chain’s early termination of a grocery distribution deal.
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06 Nov Starbucks creates a better tea cup
Last month Starbucks opened a Teavana tea bar in New York City, the first step towards creating a chain of restaurants that will complement its enormously successful coffee business. An important part of the offering is a new paper cup.
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28 Oct Starbucks opens its first tea bar as it bets on a $90bn global market
Americans love their coffee. A decent cup of tea, however, has been harder to find, though that is about to change. Starbucks has just opened its first Teavana tea bar in New York City, and in the next five years aims to do for tea...
03 Oct World’s top 10 “most valuable” beverage brands
Coca-Cola has lost its crown as the world’s top brand, unseated by the iconic iPhone and iPad maker Apple. Coke’s has reigned as No 1 brand in marketing consultant, Interbrand’s annual brand rating report for 13 years since it began, and has now...
20 Jun Frappuccino quantified: Starbucks to add calorie counts
There are 670 calories in a venti Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino Blended Crème. The multibillion-dollar coffeehouse chain just announced that it will add calorie counts to US menus, staying a step ahead of the FDA.
...29 Nov US: Starbucks turns to tea
On November 14th Starbucks made it largest acquisition yet, buying Teavana, an Atlanta-based tea retailer, for $620m. This is not the firm’s first foray into the tea market — its stores sell tea, of course, and it bought Tazo, a tea manufacturer and distributor, back...
01 Nov Why India’s yuppies want Starbucks and it’s not about the coffee
Starbucks has recently opened its first store in India, in central Mumbai (left). Days after the opening, Mumbaikars, mostly the young, were still queuing for up to an hour to grab their Frappuccinos. Elitist or not, it's not so much the coffee they want, but...
14 Jun The revival of Starbucks in the midst of a recession
Like McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Kraft and Nestle, Starbucks is a bell-weather company for the global food industry - and it was recently named as the "Number One World's Most Innovative Food Company" by Fast Company, the influential website that has as its premise: a global...