Laxman Narasimhan: I just want to say one thing. I think we’re at the top of the hour but there are a few more questions online. And so we’re going to go over and take those questions.
Operator: Thank you. And your next question comes from Sara Senatore with Bank of America. Please state your question.
Sara Senatore: Okay. Thank you. A question and then maybe a point of clarification. I know, Rachel, you talked about the high end of the 7% to 9% same-store sales guide for the full year. But there’s a lot going on, still some reopening tailwinds perhaps in China. Certainly, I think in the past, you’ve talked about even in other markets with more travel. So kind of being at the high end of that range, I guess I’m trying to think through kind of the ability, especially insofar as the first half in the U.S. was — looks like it will be substantially higher than the second half. So trying to just make sure I’m understanding how you’re thinking about the ongoing comp. And then the question I have, Laxman, you mentioned unit growth.
I think in the past, when Starbucks has accelerated unit growth, there have been periods where it’s coincided with slower traffic and ultimately kind of a need to rationalize the store base or reset it. What are the guardrails in place to change that this time around to make sure the unit growth doesn’t conflict with continued traffic growth in your existing stores?
Rachel Ruggeri: Sure. Thanks, Sara. I’ll take the first question around comp. And when we look at the balance of the year related to comp, we just expect the momentum in the business to continue. So when you think about in North America in this current quarter, we were encouraged by the fact that our growth in comp was a combination of transaction growth. So we saw transactions grow above prior year in every single daypart. And that was coupled with an elevated ticket. And that was a combination of not only strategic pricing but a balanced contribution from increased customization as well as record attach. That drove strong growth in the quarter that, I would say, from a revenue standpoint, we have fundamentals from a revenue perspective that are broad.
And we would expect that to continue, that momentum to continue as we look at the balance of the year and going on a full year basis. So that will continue to be fueled through innovation as well as through continued growth in our digital customer rewards membership and our increasing capability around convenience, including growth in digital. So we see all of that as signs to help support the 7% to 9% comp range that we’ve guided on a full year basis. Now when you think about outside of North America, we’d say we expect our recovery to sustain in China, and that was through the guidance I gave around a low to mid-single-digit comp on a full year basis as well as contribution from International and the momentum we’re seeing. So we think across the board, the momentum we’re seeing, the recovery in China, coupled with the strong performance we’re seeing in North America gives us the confidence to be able to maintain the 7% to 9% comp range on a full year basis for North America and then at the high end of the range for total company.
Laxman Narasimhan: Sara, to your question about our store network and how we see it, I am not concerned. I mean, I think there’s a very small number of stores that you would normally consider, that we would consider in the normal course of business that we would look at and say we may have a challenge with them. But there’s nothing in there that concerns me. What I’m looking at more from the standpoint of net store growth are the opportunities we have to further enhance our presence in many markets where we are underpenetrated but also exposed in some of our core markets, multiple formats. I think we’ve referenced this before as purpose-driven formats in terms of what we can bring into markets in order to meet various needs that customers have.
