customer continued buying fewer lattes and coffees at starbucks in its second cycle and modernization charged led to a 77 percent in net income , but the slump in consumption was something of an adjustment . starbucks corp . - hurt in recent recession by the fact that its goods are too pricey - said sunday that sales at individual locations jumped 8 percent both worldwide and in the u . s . the first three months of 2009 compared with a year earlier . in the last three seasons of last month , starbucks ' world same - store sales grew 9 percent and us . s . same - store sales declined 10 percent .
Starbucks is a US coffee giant.