Starbucks accelerates effort to sell more beer, wine

Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX) is expanding its effort to sell wine and craft beer after cautiously testing alcoholic beverage sales in a handful of U.S. markets. Starbucks stores in the Atlanta, Chicago, Florida, Los Angeles, Oregon and Washington state, were the first markets to test beer and wine, USA Today notes. The push to offer alcohol at more stores will go into high gear this week, the paper reports. The company on Wednesday will begin selling wine and beer, along with the sale of small…
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