1.[responsivevoice voice = “US English Female” buttontext = “”]SEATTLE — Just over half of Starbucks customers in the United States are Generation Z or millennials, a key reason executives are optimistic about the future of the brand. “When you go into our stores, you see that the relevance of Starbucks is not the coffee your parents drink, but the coffee that young people are choosing every single day,” said Brady Brewer, chief marketing officer of Starbucks Corp., during a Nov. 3 earnings call.[/responsivevoice]
2.[responsivevoice voice = “US English Female” buttontext = “”]“Our brand position right now, we have the strongest brand affinity of any away-from-home coffee brand around the world, and it’s seen as the first choice for coffee away from home. So, the younger you go, the stronger the brand affinity gets. And the more diverse you go, the stronger the brand affinity gets. And so for all of those reasons, we continue to cater to a very diverse and increasingly young customer base with those cold, customized, plant-based beverages, and the strategy is working.”[/responsivevoice]
3.[responsivevoice voice = “US English Female” buttontext = “”]Howard D. Schultz, founder and interim chief executive officer, said the company has consistently monitored the average age of its customer base. “Not only has it gotten younger, but that young customer, that Gen Z customer, tends to have significantly more discretionary money at their disposal,” Mr. Schultz said. “And their loyalty to Starbucks has been quite significant and predictable.”[/responsivevoice]
4.[responsivevoice voice = “US English Female” buttontext = “”]Younger consumers are propelling growth of Starbucks’ cold coffee beverages, which account for 76% of total beverage sales in company-operated stores in the United States, Mr. Schultz said, adding, “And customers are increasingly further customizing their cold coffee beverages by adding high-margin beverage flavor modifiers to create unique beverages tailored to their own particular taste preferences.”[/responsivevoice]
5.[responsivevoice voice = “US English Female” buttontext = “”]Additionally, in the recent quarter, more than 60% of beverages sold in US company-operated stores were customized, “contributing to the $1 billion and growing annual net sales for modifiers,” doubling over the past three years, said Sara Trilling, president of Starbucks North America.[/responsivevoice]
6.[responsivevoice voice = “US English Female” buttontext = “”]Mr. Schultz said cold beverages are in “early stages in terms of what’s coming,” pointing to continued innovation in the category in the year ahead. “However, no one should kind of walk away and think about the fact that our hot coffee business is not growing,” he added. “In fact, it’s growing nicely, but cold has kind of taken over. But we have significant innovation plans for hot. So I think the percentage of revenue cold versus hot, I think you’ll see hot go up as a result of the innovation we have around the hot platform.”[/responsivevoice]
7.[responsivevoice voice = “US English Female” buttontext = “”]Net earnings attributable to Starbucks for the fiscal year ended Oct. 2 were $3.3 billion, equal to $2.83 per share on the common stock, down 22% from net earnings of $4.2 billion, or $3.54 per share, the year before. Operating margin contracted due to increased investments in labor, inflationary headwinds and lower sales in China due to pandemic restrictions.[/responsivevoice]
8.[responsivevoice voice = “US English Female” buttontext = “”]Net revenues for the full year totaled $32.3 billion, up 11% from $29.1 billion. Revenues increased 13% on a 52-week basis. Fourth-quarter earnings were $878.3 million, or 76¢ per share, down 50% from $1.7 billion, or $1.49, in the comparable period. Total revenues for the quarter increased 3.3% to $8.4 billion from $8.1 billion. Revenues were up 11% on a 13-week basis.[/responsivevoice]
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- Starbucks aims ___________________________________________________.
- Starbucks supports ________________________________________________.
- Starbucks serves __________________________________________________.
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