Starbuck

Starbucks
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Starbucks Corporation

Type
Public

Traded as
NASDAQ: SBUX
NASDAQ-100 Component
S&P 500 Component

Industry Restaurants

Genre Coffee house
Founded Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington (March 30, 1971)

Founder(s) Jerry Baldwin
Gordon Bowker
Zev Siegl

Headquarters Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Number of locations 20,366 in 61 countries (November 16, 2012)[1]

Area served Worldwide
Key people Howard Schultz
(Chairman, President and CEO)
Products Whole bean coffee
Boxed tea
Made-to-order beverages
Bottled beverages
Baked goods
Merchandise
Frappuccino beverages
Smoothies

Services Coffee
Revenue US$ 13.29 billion (2012)[2]

Operating income
US$ 1.99 billion (2012)[2]

Net income
US$ 1.38 billion (2012)[2]

Total assets
US$ 8.21 billion (2012)[2]

Total equity
US$ 5.10 billion (2012)[2]

Employees 149,000 (2011)[2]

Subsidiaries
Starbucks Coffee Company
Tazo Tea Company
Seattle's Best Coffee
Torrefazione Italia
Hear Music
Ethos Water
Evolution Fresh

Website www.starbucks.com

Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 20,366 stores in 61 countries, including 13,123 in the United States, 1,299 in Canada, 977 in Japan, 793 in the United Kingdom, 732 in China, 473 in South Korea, 363 in Mexico, 282 in Taiwan, 204 in the Philippines, and 164 in Thailand.[1]
Starbucks sells hot and cold drinks, coffee beans, salads, hot and cold sandwiches, sweet pastries, snacks, and items such as mugs and tumblers. Through the Starbucks Entertainment division and Hear Music brand, the company also markets books, music, and film. Many of the company's products are seasonal or specific to the locality of the store. Starbucks-brand ice... [continues]

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