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Starbucks reports record revenue as China booms, but sales still fall short of expectations

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( ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “Wall Street’s forecasts.”

Starbucks reported record revenue in its fiscal third quarter as sales in China roared back to life.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Starbucks’ global same-store sales increase of 10% was also lower than Wall Street’s forecast of 11%.

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VERBATIM: Same-store sales — or sales at stores open at least a year — jumped 46% in China, reversing last year’s declines due to COVID infections. The Seattle-based coffee giant said its revenue rose 12% to $9.2 billion in the 13 weeks ending July second. But that fell short of Wall Street’s forecasts.

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