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 Corporation

Starbucks headquarters at Starbucks Center in Seattle, Washington
Company type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: SBUX NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component
ISIN	US8552441094
Industry	Coffee shop
Founded	1971 Pike Place Market, Elliott Bay, Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Founder	Jerry Baldwin Zev Siegl Gordon Bowker
Headquarters	2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, Washington , U.S.
Number of locations	23,768 (2016)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Howard Schultz (Chairman and CEO) Kevin Johnson (President and COO)
Products	Coffee beverages smoothies tea baked goods sandwiches
Revenue	US$ 16.447 billion (2014)
Operating income	US$ 3.081 billion
Net income	3,281,600,000 United States dollar (2022)
Total assets	US$ 10.752 billion (2014)
Total equity	US$ 5.272 billion (2014)
Number of employees	191,000 (2014)
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 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 many sizes: for example, some stores have 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.

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  The first Starbucks in Seattle, Washington

International growth

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