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Starbucks headquarters at Starbucks Center in Seattle, Washington
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| Type | Public |
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| Industry | Coffee shop |
| When it was created | 1971 Pike Place Market, Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
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| Area served | Worldwide |
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| Money earned |  US$ 16.447 billion |
| Operating income | US$ 3.081 billion |
| Total assets |  US$ 10.752 billion |
| Total equity | US$ 5.272 billion |
| Employees | 191,000 |
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| Website | starbucks |
Starbucks is a chain of stores that sell coffee. A chain is many stores owned by the same company. Many of the stores look the same, and all stores sell the same items, often at the same prices. As well as coffee, Starbucks sells beverages and baked goods.
Starbucks started in Seattle in the United States in 1971. The number of stores has grown quickly. There are over 9,000 Starbucks stores all over the world. Most of these stores are in the United States. Some large cities in the U.S. have many Starbucks stores. Sometimes they open so many stores in one city that there are two Starbucks within a few blocks of each other.
Starbucks sells many kinds of drinks. There are 5 sizes: short, tall, grande, venti and trenta. There are many ways to customize each drink. A frappuccino, for example, is a cold drink. Flavored syrup and cream is added to coffee or juice and stirred with ice.
Some stores sell special items, such as mugs related to the city they are located in.
The first Starbucks in Seattle, Washington
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Starbucks Coffee Truck
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Michigan Cherry Oat Bar at Starbucks
The first Starbucks in Japan opened in Ginza in 1996. There were 985 stores in Japan in 2012.
Interior of the Pike Place Market location in 1977
Graph showing the growth in the number of Starbucks stores between 1971 and 2011
Howard Schultz, Executive Chairman of Starbucks
A typical sales area, this one in Peterborough, UK, showing a display of food and the beverage preparation area
Starbucks at Delhi airport.
Starbucks at the Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Starbucks in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina
Grounds for your Garden
A bin overflowing with Starbucks cups
Starbucks coffee beans
A local coffee shop in New York's East Village claiming it had to close because Starbucks is willing to pay higher rent for the space
Starbucks footprint in the United States, showing saturation of metropolitan areas
The Reverend Billy leading an anti-Starbucks protest in Austin, Texas in 2007
Starbucks' second Hear Music Coffeehouse at the South Bank development adjacent to the River Walk in downtown San Antonio, Texas.
