While restaurants such as McDonald’s and Yum Brands brought in customers with discounted meals, Starbucks went in the opposite direction with higher priced drinks — and the gambit paid off. Hey, people clearly want their pumpkin spice lattes, and aren’t going to let a little thing like high prices get in their way. Despite inflation [...] The post Starbucks’ Strong Earnings Provides NBCC With the Perfect Pick-Me-Up appeared first on ETF Trends .