Starbucks to pull breakfast items, shut 100 units, put focus back on java

SEATTLE Starbucks Coffee fans may soon smell a renewed focus on the beverages that built the global coffeehouse chain, starting with those customers who are said to be put off by the conflicting odors of breakfast sandwiches. —

By the end of the year, hot breakfast sandwiches no longer will be on the chain’s menu—in part because chief executive Howard Schultz believes scents from