Starbucks expanding beer, wine sales this year

(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp , which sells the coffee that helps many Americans get wound up for their day, is offering more of their customers a way to wind down. The world's biggest coffee chain plans to sell beer and wine in as many as 12 cafes in Atlanta and Southern California by the end of the year, as it expands beyond its well-known coffee. Starbucks introduced those beverages to a Seattle cafe in October 2010. It now sells beer and wine, as well as evening snacks like cheese plates, flatbread and desserts, in five Seattle-area stores and in one cafe in Portland, Oregon. ...