Just when you got comfortable knowing that you could get the exact same coffee at over 13,000 locations…

Starbucks had to flip it on you and make a freakin record label

They are teaming up with existing partner, Concord Music group, to set up a Los Angeles-based record label that will sign new artists and produce works for distribution across all of the chains stores.

Starbucks gets more than 40m customers a week. They already sell CDs, books, DVDs and even have a page on iTunes. Setting up a record label is the next step towards world domination.

Under their new, creatively named label, Hear Music, they have already sold 5m copies of Ray Charles' album, Genius Loves Company.

Some people including me, are wondering if Starbucks is expanding too rapidly. They got where they are right now by providing a hip place to get a quality cup of coffee.

Maybe they should focus on that… 

Andrew "Aleon" Leon

-I'm Out