CHICAGO - SEPTEMBER 29: Starbucks VIA Ready Brew instant coffee is offered for sale at Starbucks coffee shop September 29, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The company has been offering the product for sale in Chicago, one of the company's test markets, since March, but today launched it throughout the U.S. and Canada. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

CHICAGO - SEPTEMBER 29: Starbucks VIA Ready Brew instant coffee is offered for sale at Starbucks coffee shop September 29, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The company has been offering the product for sale in Chicago, one of the company's test markets, since March, but today launched it throughout the U.S. and Canada.

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  15. FILE - In this March 3, 2010 file photo, Greg Dement, left, is handed a Starbucks coffee drink as he sits with a handgun strapped to his belt while looking on at an anti-gun rally in Seattle. Starbucks has been one of many retailers targeted by the "open-carry" arm of the gun-rights movement, which advocates that gun owners carry visible weapons as they go about their daily business. In most states, it's legal, and most retailers, Starbucks included, quietly allow it.
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