Starbucks facts for kids

Starbucks Corporation
	Starbucks headquarters at Starbucks Center in Seattle, Washington
Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: SBUX; NASDAQ-100 Component; S&P 500 Component;
Industry	Coffee shop
When it was created	1971; Pike Place Market, Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
People who started it	Jerry Baldwin; Zev Siegl; Gordon Bowker;
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Howard Schultz; (Chairman and CEO); Kevin Johnson; (President and COO)
Things made	Coffee beverages; smoothies; tea; baked goods; sandwiches;
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
Subsidiaries	Starbucks Coffee Company; Ethos water; Evolution Fresh; Hear Music; La Boulange Bakery; Seattle's Best Coffee; Tazo; Teavana; Torrefazione Italia;
Website	starbucks.com

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.

Gallery
The first Starbucks in Seattle, Washington
Starbucks Coffee Truck
Michigan Cherry Oat Bar at Starbucks

International growth

The first Starbucks in Japan opened in Ginza in 1996. There were 985 stores in Japan in 2012.

Images for kids

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
Starbucks in Dortmund, Germany
Starbucks in İzmir, Turkey
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.