Starbucks Dabbling in Craft

Dear Client: It doesn't hold a candle to the grocery channel, to be sure. But consider: Starbucks did a whopping $12 billion in revenue for their 2011 fiscal year, including some 10,787 U.S. locations. That's a lot of stores on corners near craft beer drinkers, who by contrast funneled $9 billion into that segment last year. Meanwhile, the coffee retail giant has been slowly and quietly rolling out locations with beer and wine programs since October 2010. By now, some