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Starbucks has shaken up its menu this month by offering its customers what they describe as ‘the ultimate jumpstart’ despite Panera’s energy drink fiasco.
The popular coffeehouse chain began offering three new heavily caffeinated drinks – Melon Burst Iced Energy, Tropical Citrus Iced Energy, and the Frozen Tropical Citrus Iced Energy with Strawberry Puree – on June 25, less than six months after someone filed another lawsuit against Panera Bread.
Starbucks wrote in their press release that the energy drinks are intended to ‘elevate the day with a boost of sugar-free energy,’ and contain a whopping 140 to 205 mg of caffeine.
The bold move to offer energy drives comes after Panera’s recently axed Charged Lemonade drinks, that contained up to 390mg of caffeine in the restaurant’s 30-ounce container, allegedly caused a litany of problems, from cardiac arrest to death.
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