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A new location for Starbuck's is coming to Yakima and the new location is in a spot you might not be expecting it to be.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson is scheduled to receive an honorary degree from New Mexico State University. The school recently announced that Johnson will be honored Saturday at the university's commencement ceremony...

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks says a key sales figure rose 3 percent in the U.S., but that the increase was the result of higher average spending and that customer traffic was down. The coffee chain attributed the decline to a change in its loyalty program that led to people no longer splitting their orders to tally additional rewards points...

It's hard to imagine a Starbucks closing in Yakima, but looks like the one at the Chalet Mall on Summitview Avenue will be shuttering their doors by summer's end. I think the last time we had a Starbucks closure in Yakima was at the Top Foods location back in 2008.

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks will start selling a new bite-sized egg snack next week, the first of a series of new food options that the coffee chain hopes will boost sales. The new item, called Sous Vide Egg Bites, is a wheat-free portable egg-and-cheese mixture about the size of a golf ball...

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks says CEO Howard Schultz is stepping down from the coffee chain that he joined more than 30 years ago. The Seattle-based company announced Thursday that Kevin Johnson will become chief executive as of April 3. Schultz will become executive chairman on that date to focus on innovation and social impact activities, among other things...

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks is pushing ahead with its expansion into China and says it is on track to having 5,000 stores there by 2021, more than doubling the number of coffee shops it currently has in the country. The coffee chain is looking to China to fuel the company's growth...

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks has trimmed its sales forecast after revenue came in lighter than expected in the most recent quarter. The Seattle-based company said Thursday global sales rose 4 percent at established locations, including in its flagship Americas region, for its fiscal third quarter...

NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks is boosting the base pay of all employees and store managers at U.S. company-run stores by 5 percent or more on Oct. 3. In a letter sent to workers Monday, CEO Howard Schultz said that the amount of the raise will be determined by geographic and market factors...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge is allowing the bulk of a lawsuit accusing Starbucks of systematically under-filling lattes to move forward. Two California residents are suing the Seattle-based coffee chain, claiming that Starbucks lattes are only filled to about 75 percent of the cup's capacity...