Starbucks is expecting an utterly nutso Christmas Eve.
With consumers increasingly pushing gift card purchases later and later, the nation's coffee kingpin said on Wednesday that it expects to set a record for Starbucks Card purchases on Dec. 24. The chain expects it will easily top the more than 2 million Starbucks — or 1,500 gift cards per minute — that were purchased at its stores in the U.S. and Canada last Christmas Eve.
"We're well on track for another record performance," says Ryan Records, vice president of Starbucks Card.
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