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Dutch Bros sales are growing, and now the chain plans to add food

 By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 06, 2025

The drive-thru beverage chain has an expanded food menu in 160 locations and plans to roll it out to the rest of the system next year. It’s all designed to sell more beverages.

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Starbucks is selling control of its China business to Boyu Capital

 By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 03, 2025

The investment firm and the coffee shop giant are forming a joint venture to run the business in a deal valued at $4 billion. Starbucks will retain a 40% stake in the business.

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How Starbucks plans to respond to growing competitors like 7 Brew

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 03, 2025

The coffee-shop giant has been beset by a new generation of drive-thru-only beverage concepts. CEO Brian Niccol is undeterred. "I already have the biggest drive-thru coffee chain in America."

Operations

World's largest franchisee to take on 7 Brew

By Lisa Jennings on Oct. 30, 2025

The Flynn Group is adding the drive-thru coffee chain to its franchise portfolio. And the mega franchisee is launching a new Growth division to focus on younger, innovative brands.

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Dunkin' gets ready to run in the afternoons

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 23, 2025

The coffee shop chain, fresh off a strong summer and the opening of its 10,000th location, is planning to test “Project Chill,” a reconfigured afternoon setup aimed at a younger crowd.

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Starbucks is adding assistant managers to its coffee shops

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 21, 2025

The coffee shop giant is adding full-time, assistant store managers at 62 locations in California, Illinois and Texas as part of a pilot project. Starbucks plans to have them in all shops next year.

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Why PJ's Coffee cut hundreds of food items from its menu

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 15, 2025

A Deeper Dive: David Mesa, president of the New Orleans-based coffee shop chain, joins the restaurant finance podcast to discuss the state of beverage restaurants and its menu optimization.

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Starbucks' closures put an end to an aggressive growth era

By Jonathan Maze on Oct. 01, 2025

The Bottom Line: The coffee shop giant, which is closing more than 400 of its shops, had been on an expansion tear since the end of the pandemic, despite its sales challenges.

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Starbucks will close hundreds of coffee shops and lay off another 900 workers

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 25, 2025

Brian Niccol, CEO of the coffee shop giant, said the company will shutter underperforming locations and those where remodels are unworkable. The company plans to uplift another 1,000 shops.

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Black Rock Coffee Bar stock soars on its IPO

By Jonathan Maze on Sep. 12, 2025

In the restaurant industry’s first initial public offering in three years, the Arizona-based coffee chain’s stock rose 30%. The company raised $294 million in the offering.

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