"We are also encouraged by Starbucks' plans to increase the productivity of stores in another way: by driving evening sales through offering alcoholic beverages and an enhanced food menu," he said.
Busch IV hopes his company's in-store clout and data will help give it an edge as it starts offering new beverages.
Depending on the state of your garage, you may want to bribe family or friends to help out by offering food, beverages and live music.
And, just to pile on a few more challenges, an article in the Wall Street Journal revealed that McDonald's is about to challenge the long-dominant Starbucks by offering specialty coffee beverages.
The Ritz-Carlton Hofferingpany started offering chilled towels, beverages and food samples at check-in last year, and some of its properties now allow guests staying on the club level to bypass the entire registration process in the hotel lobby and check-in on the club-level floor instead.
Dunkin' has committed to offering sugary coffee beverages like the Coolatta and Frozen Chocolate, so why aren't there more than two limited edition coffees on the menu for the holidays?
Foosball Hall will meet the unmet demand in Madison, Wisconsin with a bar offering beer, food, beverages and plenty of foosball tables for casual play as well as tournaments.
Make a little extra at a yard sale by offering simple, cheap beverages or snacks.
"We're not advocating drug use at all," he continued, but merely offering an innocuous beverage to anyone who feels a little stressed out — carbonated counterprogramming, as it were, to the firmly established "energy drink" category.
Twelve of 15 schools reported increased profits from the previous year (2004-2005) while offering more healthful beverage choices at discounted prices.
