Starbucks customers unlikely to balk at price hike
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U.S. consumers aren't going to balk   at paying an extra nickel for their daily cup of Starbucks   coffee despite high gas prices and other pressures on their   wallets, analysts said on Friday.
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The fast food giant will reportedly turn to coffee to continue to boost its margins.
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No wonder the lines have been so darn long. (You obviously don&#39;t want to know me in the morning!) Citing, among other things, the popularity of its holiday offerings, Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) delivered home-run same-store sales in November.
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U.S. consumers will likely face higher  appliance prices next year, but industry watchers do not expect  a significant decline in demand for washers and refrigerators  as a result.
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U.S. consumer sentiment rose in May as consumers remained resilient despite record high gasoline prices, according to a poll published on Friday.
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Tame increases for other goods suggested that price increases were largely contained and businesses would not react by raising prices.
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There are so few Starbucks Corp. stores in the world that customers are sometimes forced to journey more than two blocks to find one, the coffee retailer's chief executive bemoaned Thursday.
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By Christopher Rodkey, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 24--It doesn't always take a trendy location and hip baristas to produce a good cup of coffee.
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Forget the foam and make that latte skim, and sugar-free. Right now, Starbucks stock is really out of shape.
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Starbucks&#39; (SBUX:Nasdaq - news - research) sales slowed a bit in August, but still came in above the coffee shop chain&#39;s long-term targets.
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Starbucks Corp. on Thursday raised its store expansion target to 40,000 from its previous goal of 30,000.
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There are two Howard Schultzes. One loves the smaller, more personal chain that Starbucks once was. The other understands Wall Streetsâ needs.
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Starbucks Corp.  on Thursday raised its long-term expansion goal to 40,000 stores from 30,000 and said it was nowhere close to exhausting opportunities in North America, even as possibilities appear internationally.
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Starbucks, the largest US chain of coffee shops, plans to raise its beverage prices by year&#39;s end to cover higher costs for milk and health insurance amid slowing sales.
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Starbucks Corp. SBUX.O said on   Thursday that sales at coffee shops open at least 13 months   rose 5 percent in August, at the high end of Wall Street   estimates, and shares rose slightly in after-hours trading.
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Starbucks Corp. SBUX.O said on   Thursday that same-store sales rose 5 percent in August,   hitting the top of Wall Street estimates and helping to allay   concerns about a consumer spending slowdown.
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For some investors, today may seem like a discount day for shares of the coffee purveyor.