The pandemic has cut into Starbucks' traffic, but there are some positive signs for the coffee ... [+] giant. Even as traffic fell, Starbucks noted that tickets—what the company calls individual sales—rose 19% in its most recent quarter. In the most recent quarter, it said mobile orders made up 25% of its U.S. transactions, compared with 17% before the pandemic. If you’re a Starbucks drive-thru customer, you may have noticed long lines lately. Starbucks also is renovating 150 stores that are drive-thru constrained, where space for drive-thru lanes is tight or short.

Source: Forbes January 27, 2021 17:23 UTC