Starbucks Corp. is looking to offer a more tempting menu, with a $100 million cash deal to buy a small bakery chain.
The Seattle-based coffee shop chain says baked goods from La Boulange will start replacing its current lineup early next year, starting with French pastries such as croissants. Products will start appearing in Bay Area stores first, then roll out nationally.
Starbucks also says it plans to make the San Francisco-area bakery into a national presence in the years ahead.
