Starbucks went on something of a buying binge five or six years ago, buying a healthy-lunch chain, an unhealthy-pastries chain, and a loose tea retailer. Since then, the coffee chain has shuttered all of these businesses, which it paid hundreds of millions of dollars for. Is Starbucks just really bad at picking companies to acquire? [More]
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Starbucks Closing All Standalone La Boulange Bakery Cafés By Fall
By 6.17.15
Back in 2012, Starbucks bought a San Francisco-based bakery chain, La Boulange, to help class up its offerings in the pastry case. While Starbucks will keep the brand for the pastries served in Starbucks cafés, the company has decided to close the 23 standalone La Boulange locactions that have stayed in business since the acquisition. [More]
Starbucks Debuting Real (Open Kind Of Late) Restaurant In Los Angeles Next Month
By 5.27.14
If you’re a fan of Starbucks’ limited food options, then you might be excited to hear the coffee-chain is opening an actual restaurant, complete with omelets and a croissant burger, next month in Los Angeles. [More]
Starbucks Listens To Customers, Brings Back Some Less-Fancy Baked Goods
By 4.1.14
Have the pastry offerings at your local Starbucks gotten too fancy-pantsy for you in recent years? Do you miss having a slice of lemon cake with your coffee? Apparently you’re not alone, as the coffee colossus has heeded the call of complaining customers and decided to bring back foods that had been deemed not sexy enough by the chain. [More]
