Monday, July 14, 2008

add coffee shops to the list of things that aren't what they used to be

News item: Starbucks to debut smoothies Tuesday

(Crain’s) — Starbucks Corp. plans to introduce a new line of smoothies Tuesday called Vivanno.

The drinks are the latest push by Starbucks CEO and founder Howard Schultz to boost sluggish sales at the Seattle-based coffee chain. The smoothies illustrate Starbuck’s strategy of offering more zzzzzzzzzzzzz........

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