As an answer to the growing demand for blended drinks during peak hours, Starbucks will hire more staff and put more machines for better service. The lack of machineries is also one known cause why their sales decreased. On the bright side, Starbucks will open stores in India and Russia in 2007. I think this is part of their world wide plan to conquer the coffee palates of the people around the globe. In China, Starbucks has already planted more than four hundred stores and they have plans to establish stores in Brazil. With these plans, Starbucks sales will never decrease again.