Starbucks investors worry about company's future

SeattleTimes: For most of a decade, it opened more than four stores a day, spreading its menu to all parts of the land and into other countries, where its name became synonymous with U.S. culture. Profits soared along with its stock price. Then McDonald's stalled.

 

Plenty of Starbucks investors fear their stock darling will endure a similar plunge as the Seattle company works toward its goal of opening 30,000 shops — the number McDonald's had when it hit the wall.