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 White House addresses Trump's 'piggy' remark to reporter. MTG says she 'never fit in' in DC, and will resign in January. Trump: No, 'I'm not threatening death' to Democrats. This time, it wasn't a bird that hit a plane. Report an error