Since Brian Niccol took over as Starbucks CEO last September, he’s been promising to counter slow sales by revitalizing the company’s commitment to being a “third place”—a space where customers sit and stay a while.  But in the short term, his bigger win may come in the form of foam. At the Starbucks Leadership Experience event in Las Vegas this week—a gathering of some 14,000 Starbucks managers and employees—the company unveiled a more appealing food menu. The new additions...

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