Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced a plan to open 100 drive-thru locations in the United Kingdom. In the case of Realty Income Corporation (NYSE: O), investors can count on a long record of expanding monthly dividend payouts from the real estate investment trust (REIT). Currently yielding 4.73% (again, paid out monthly), and with a strong record of increasing underlying payouts, investors can rest assured during these inflationary periods that they have found a rock-solid place to have their money work harder than the Fed's printer.