That showed in the company’s results. While improving, revenues and same-store sales were still lackluster, as Starbucks tries to woo back customers that were frustrated with long wait times, among other issues.

Starbucks (SBUX) reported fiscal first-quarter results that topped analysts’ expectations, sending shares higher in extended trading Tuesday. The coffee giant saw net sales fall 0.3% year-over-year to $9.

Starbucks reported lower profits Tuesday in results that still topped expectations as the company's new CEO described various pilot program tests to reinvigorate the chain.

Starbucks reported a smaller-than-expected fall in first-quarter comparable sales on Tuesday, in early signs of the struggling coffee chain benefiting from CEO Brian Niccol's efforts to revive demand.

Starbucks has reported better-than-expected sales in its fiscal first quarter as some of its turnaround efforts start to take hold