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Starbucks looks for China caffeine hit www.bbc.com
Starbucks boss Howard Schultz has said expansion in China will secure its future for "decades to come".
While Starbucks still makes most of its profit in the US, Mr Schultz said its Chinese stores were the most efficient and lucrative.
It comes as the world's largest coffee shop chain said it posted its "most profitable quarter - capping off the most profitable year".
Operating profit rose 16% to $4.2bn (£3.4bn) for the year.
Last month, Starbucks announced plans to more than double its stores in China to 5,000 by 2021.
In the fourth quarter, Starbucks' profit in China and Asia Pacific increased 48% to $192m, helped by the opening of nearly 100 new stores.
However, globally, sales at existing stores rose by only 4% in the quarter, which was lower than the 4.9% rise analysts had expected.
The company said a change in consumer behaviour was partly to blame for the slow down.
In what Mr Schultz described as a "seismic shift in consumer traffic", the popularity of online shopping was keeping people at home and away from main streets or malls.
In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, sales in fact dropped by 1% while in China and Asia Pacific, they were up by the same percentage point.
The company said it operates 25,085 stores in 75 countries worldwide with 690 new ones opened in the last quarter.
Published Date:2016-11-04
