STARBUCKS

The Starbucks Story

Was Founded on March 30, 1971, in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Back
then we were a roaster and retailer of whole bean and ground coffee, tea
and spices with a single store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Today, we are
privileged to connect with millions of customers and have 300.000 (three
hundred thousand) employees around the world, 19,000 retail stores in over
60 countries.

Our services
Starbucks offers a range of exceptional products that customers enjoy in
our stores, at home, and on the go...like hot and cold drinks, whole-bean
coffee, micro-ground instant coffee, espresso, caffe latte, full and loose-leaf
teas, juices, Frappuccino beverages, pastries, and snacks.

Our coffee
Our coffee buyers personally travel to Latin America, Africa and Asia to
select the highest quality beans.

Our stores
We are considered the largest coffee marketing company in the world, with
more than 35,000 locations in 70 countries. For example: Argentina,
Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Guatemala, Hong Kong/Macau, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan,
Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand,
Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab
Emirates, United States….

The CEO
Laxman Narasimhan (born 15 May 1967) is an Indian - American business
executive, and CEO of Starbucks. He was chief commercial officer (CCO)
of PepsiCo, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Reckitt. He joined
Starbucks as interim CEO in October 2022, and succeeded Howard
Schultz as CEO in April 2023.

(Reckitt Benckiser (RB) specializes in home health and hygiene

products.)