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Inside the Starbucks turnaround

 By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 06, 2026

The coffee shop giant has spent the past 18 months returning to its roots as a coffee shop where customers want to stay. Now the company plans to go on offense.

Beverage

Starbucks picks strawberries to flavor its newest beverages

 By Patricia Cobe on Feb. 03, 2026

Matcha also gets more play, as the coffee giant expands the selection with permanent additions, featuring more berries and banana.

Financing

Starbucks' focus on its in-café experience isn't just about its dine-in customers

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 30, 2026

The Bottom Line: Most of the coffee chain’s customers still come into its shops, even if they have no intention of sticking around. That makes it important for those shops to be inviting.

Marketing

Starbucks is taking a page out of airlines' playbook with its loyalty program changes

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 29, 2026

The coffee shop giant this spring will reconfigure its Starbucks Rewards loyalty program to feature three levels that give members more personalized benefits and premium experiences.

Financing

Service improvements, and the Bearista cup, drove Starbucks sales last quarter

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 28, 2026

The coffee shop giant said its domestic same-store sales rose 4% in the period, its best performance in two years, as the holiday product launch and its new service model drove higher transactions.

Emerging Brands

It started with granola. Now these female CEOs hope to take this brunch-all-day concept national

By Lisa Jennings on Jan. 21, 2026

The Granola Bar is preparing to open two units in Manhattan that could change the trajectory of this suburban casual-dining brand. What makes it work is the partnership behind it.

Beverage

A taste of the latest global beverage trends

By Patricia Cobe on Jan. 16, 2026

Technomic’s Global Navigator program tracks what’s happening on menus around the world, and there’s a lot of activity in the beverage category, particularly in Asia.

Operations

Drive-thru coffee giant Dutch Bros to acquire 20-unit Clutch Coffee Bar

By Lisa Jennings on Jan. 14, 2026

The move will give the rapidly growing Dutch Bros more of a foothold in the Carolinas as it pushes to reach 2,029 units by 2029.

Financing

Compass Coffee, hit hard by the pandemic and its aftermath, declares bankruptcy

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 06, 2026

The 25-unit, Washington, D.C.-area coffee concept has struggled with the pandemic and federal workforce cuts. It has a potential buyer in the form of a company with a “substantial, global presence.”

Financing

Mixue, the world's biggest restaurant chain by unit count, opens in the U.S.

By Jonathan Maze on Dec. 22, 2025

The Chinese ice cream and coffee chain opened its first location in Los Angeles, bringing its low-price, location-heavy business model to the U.S. for the first time.

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