Starbucks Raises Prices Again

Coffee chain Starbucks is once again increasing prices, this time in the Northeast and Sun Belt areas.

Predicting high prices for coffee, milk, and fuel this year, the chain is raising coffee prices by about one percent overall, Reuters reports.

So if you live in New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Dallas, or Albuquerque, your tall skinny vanilla latte may cost an approximate 10 cents more. Grande drinks, however, will remain the same price. Still, is this a precursor to the end of cheap coffee?

In November, Starbucks raised prices in California and South Florida, explaining why those sunny areas are exempt from the price hike.

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