星巴克表示，其重心仍在于既定的发展战略。此番表态是对一则新闻报道的回应，该报道称这家咖啡连锁巨头曾就收购墨式烧烤的事宜进行过探讨。
“我们的团队正全神贯注地执行‘重回星巴克’战略，”星巴克于周四向《华尔街日报》发表声明时如是说，所指正是首席执行官布莱恩·尼科尔提振销售、改善门店体验的规划。“我们势头强劲，对长期增长潜力充满信心，”该公司表示。
星巴克市值超过1000亿美元。周四，在《金融时报》报道该公司近月来已与顾问合作，探讨过一笔针对墨式烧烤的潜在交易之后，星巴克股价一度下跌超过3%，而墨式烧烤股价则上涨约7%。（星巴克股价此后有所回升，当日跌幅收窄至1.7%。）
若二者真能合并，这笔交易将跻身餐饮业史上规模最大的并购案之列，同时也会让尼科尔——墨式烧烤的前掌门人——肩负起同时复兴美国两家最具辨识度连锁品牌的重任。
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