Starbucks customers will notice some changes brewing. Starting Monday, stores are bringing back the condiment bar and offering free refills of hot or iced brewed coffee and tea for dine-in customers.
Starbucks announced it will raise prices of 20 or so coffee beverages and five coffee bean products at around 600 stores, or 30 percent of its outlets in Japan, on Feb. 15.
Then, earlier this week, Starbucks said it was extending a Starbucks Rewards Members-only perk to all in-house customers and that coffee condiment bars were back and would be fully stocked.
Starbucks has already axed its lineup of olive oil drinks and iced energy drinks. However, the coffee giant has recently added new drinks, too, including an espresso-based beverage called the cortado.
As the Seattle-based coffee chain reported its Q1 financial results, chairman Brian Niccol said in a statement, "we're moving quickly to act on the 'Back to Starbucks' efforts and we've seen a ...