Thursday September 10, 2026, 07:00:00
SBUX: Time to Re-Examine This Long-Discontinued Menu Platform?
Fortunately for Starbucks, beverages in general have become a growth category within the limited-service restaurant format. This helps Starbucks because that concept is the largest beverage-centric concept in the U.S. restaurant industry. Unfortunately for Starbucks, it faces growing competition both from up-and-coming beverage-centric concepts (such as Dutch Bros and 7 Brew), as well as food-centric concepts which have expanded their beverage offerings (such as McDonald’s and Taco Bell).