On Tuesday, some Starbucks in certain US locations raised prices on 10% of menu items, including brewed coffee, bacon Gouda breakfast sandwiches, and cookies.
周二,一些美國星巴克店內10%的菜單商品價格上漲,其中包括現煮咖啡、培根豪達奶酪特色早餐三明治以及餅干
Even though the price hike is not national, the company declined to say how many of the chain's near 8,000 US locations raised prices.
雖然此次并非全國性提價,但星巴克拒絕告知在美國的近8,000所星巴克中有多少家會提價。
In a statement to Business Insider, a spokesperson for Starbucks said,
在發給Business Insider的一份聲明中,星巴克發言人稱,

"We expect 10% of the US customer’s average customer ticket to increase by about 0.5% as a result of these beverage adjustments."
“由于這些飲品的調整,我們預計10%的客戶平均票價將上漲約0.5%。”
The spokesperson went on to add that the price hikes are a part of Starbucks' ongoing approach to determining prices.
該發言人繼續說道,提價是星巴克決定商品定價的一種嘗試。