By Lisa Baertlein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp
The world's biggest coffee chain said the average amount spent per order was up 4 percent in the United States during the fiscal second quarter, versus 5 percent in the prior quarter.
Sales at U.S. cafes open at least 13 months were up 3 percent for the quarter ended April 2, unchanged from the prior quarter. Traffic, referred to as transactions, fell 2 percent for the second quarter in a row amid a stubborn industry-wide slump.
Net income attributed to Starbucks was $652.8 million, or 45 cents per share, for the second quarter, up from $575.1 million, or 39 cents per share, a year earlier. Results from the latest quarter matched the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Shares of Starbucks fell $2.10 to $59.20 in after-hours trade.
(Reporting by Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles; Editing by Matthew Lewis)
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