Lifestyle | Starbucks Starbucks Sells Juice, Preps New Health Chain Coffee mega-chain acquires Cali juice maker By Neal Colgrass Posted Nov 12, 2011 2:16 PM CST Copied Starbucks barista Alex Igarta hands a coffee drink to a customer from a drive-up window at a store near the company's corporate headquarters Monday, Jan. 26, 2009, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Coffee might be healthy—but juice definitely is. And Starbucks wants you to have your vitamins. Having bought a California fruit and veggie juice maker for $30 million, the coffee mega-chain is adding "super-premium juice" to the menu. It also plans to launch a health and wellness chain by mid-next year. "It's a natural evolution toward being more than just a one-trick pony," says one analyst. (But don't joke about Starbucks—which fired a barista over an anti-Starbucks song.) Read These Next Viking Cruises likes to say no. It's paid off. Two Powerball players have a lot of financial planning to do. Trump may be targeting this city next due to a misleading news report. South Korea to pick up workers held at Hyundai plant. Report an error