Starbucks Korea, convenience stores at odds. (Global Report on Aisa).(Brief Article)

Starbucks Corp. and PepsiCo Inc. said they have agreed to expand their joint venture to bring Starbucks ready-to-drink coffee beverages to China. Starbucks' bottled coffee and espresso drinks are currently offered in North America under the joint venture with PepsiCo. Starbucks also sells ready-to-drink coffee beverages in South Korea, ......

There's little doubt that frozen slush beverages are gaining new popularity. Just take a look at convenience stores, trendy coffee shops such as Starbucks and other retail outlets. You'll see customers sipping happily on frozen coffee drinks or drinking smoothies, icy concoctions made with real fruit and real fruit juice....

Hip coffee culture is nothing new. Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee and Timothy's World Coffee, to mention just a few, have changed the way Americans and others drink the beverage. Convenience store operators recognized the sales and profit potential in a really good cup of joe, and responded with chic in-store ......

Sales have increased by 41% since Arizona State Univ. in Tempe converted a straight-line cafeteria into a foodcourt and c-store in a $600,000 renovation.

With 79-cent king-size candy bars and 99-cent soda, Troy, Mich.-based Kmart Corp.'s year-old, K Express program is giving convenience store operators a run for their money.

's annual study sees growth inside the store, but more volatility at the pump.

C-stores in schools often are the province of student groups rather than foodservice, but food concessions outside the cafeteria are another matter.

So you think your local, mom and pop gasoline station is making huge profits off of you this year? Think again. Rising prices essentially causes chaos in mom and pop gas stations. In fact, margins are so slim the big boys are running for the doors. An interesting result is ......

Both the client and the PR firm need to be honest with the press, and fully divulge information, and ensure information in a biography is correct. Yesterday, USA Today had to put out a correction for an article from the prior day on Hat Trick Beverages. Well, it was more ......

The Barefoot Contessa, Ina Garten, has joined talents and marketing forces with Stonewall Kitchen of Maine and has launched a casually elegant, eye and and palate appealing product line of bakery mixes that are quick, easy, and as close to home made as one can find at seven o'clock at ......

No product sells itself, writes Ruth King, in her book, " The Ugly Truth about Small Business ." (Sourcebooks, Inc., Naperville, Ill.) "You can have a great product, great production and great cash reserves. If you don´t have great sales and marketing, the other "greats´ don´t matter." Subtitled, " 50 ......