people continued buying fewer lattes and coffees at starbucks in its third quarter and restructuring charges led to a 77 percent in real income , but the drop in sales was something of an advantage . starbucks corp . - hurt in recent reports by the perception that its customers are too pricier - say wednesday that sales at established locations fell 8 dollars both europe and in the u . s . the first five months of 2009 contrasts with a year earlier . in the remaining three nights of last year , beans ' global same - store sales decline 9 percent and u . s . same - store prices decreased 10 percent .
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