During their first year of operation, they … That’s the essence of what we do – but it hardly tells the whole story.Every day, we go to work hoping to do two things: share great coffee with our friends and help make the world a little better.


The name, inspired by In 1981, Howard Schultz (Starbucks chairman and chief executive officer) had first walked into a Starbucks store. The name, inspired by Moby Dick, evoked the romance of the high seas and the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders.

From just a narrow storefront, Starbucks offered some of the world’s finest fresh-roasted whole bean coffees. The first Starbucks store was located in Seattle at 2000 Western Avenue from 1971–1976. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Starbucks was founded by Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker, and Zev Siegl, opening its first store in 1971 near the historic Pike Place Market in By the early 1980s, Starbucks had opened four stores in Seattle that stood out from the competitors with their top-quality fresh-roasted coffees.





Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. During this time, the company only sold roasted whole coffee beans and did not yet brew coffee to sell.





In 1980 Siegl decided to pursue other interests and left the two remaining partners, with Baldwin assuming the role of company president.Schultz’s biggest idea for the future of Starbucks came during the spring of 1983 when the company sent him to Seeing that he would not be able to persuade Baldwin and Bowker to embrace the café idea, Schultz left Starbucks in 1985 and started his own coffee chain called Il Giornale, which was an immediate success, quickly expanding into multiple cities.In March 1987 Baldwin and Bowker decided to sell Starbucks, and Schultz was quick to purchase the company. He left Starbucks for a short period of time to start his own Il Giornale coffeehouses and returned in August 1987 to purchase Starbucks with the help of local investors.From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company.

Starbucks Corporation is the leading roaster, retailer, and marketer of specialty coffee in the world.



The original Starbucks logo in a window of the company's store at Pike Place Market, Seattle. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection.We’re not just passionate purveyors of coffee, but everything else that goes with a full and rewarding coffeehouse experience.

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A place for conversation and a sense of community. We also offer a selection of premium teas, fine pastries and other delectable treats to please the taste buds.

The first Starbucks was opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 1971, by three partners who met while they were students at the University of San Francisco: English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegl, and writer Gordon Bowker were inspired to sell high-quality coffee beans and equipment by coffee roasting entrepreneur Alfred Peetafter he taught them his style of roasting beans. From his first cup of Sumatra, Howard was drawn into Starbucks and joined a year later.In 1983, Howard traveled to Italy and became captivated with Italian coffee bars and the romance of the coffee experience. Bowker recalls that Terry Heckler, with whom Bowker owned an advertising age… The only brewed coffee served in the store were free samples. 1982 Howard Schultz joins Starbucks as director of retail operations and marketing. He sees the potential to develop a similar coffeehouse … Starbucks was incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington, in Olympia, Washington, on Nov. 4, 1985. It was founded in Seattle in 1971 and became a worldwide chain of coffeehouses after Howard Schultz bought the company in 1987, with some 30,000 stores globally by the early 21st century. In addition to a variety of coffees and coffee drinks, Starbucks shop… He combined all his operations under the Starbucks brand and committed to the café concept for the business, with additional sales of beans, equipment, and other items in Starbucks stores. Notre gamme; Comment préparer un bon café.

Get to know us and you’ll see: we are so much more than what we brew.We make sure everything we do is through the lens of humanity – from our commitment to the highest quality coffee in the world, to the way we engage with our customers and communities to do business responsibly.Read more and join the discussion through the Starbucks Newsroom.By clicking "GET STARTED" I agree to receive news, promotions, information, and offers from Starbucks. A third place between work and home. We’re a neighborhood gathering place, a part of the daily routine – and we couldn’t be happier about it. Nos espressos. From our beginnings as a single store over forty years ago, in every place that we’ve been, and every place that we touch, we've tried to make it a little better than we found it. The company entered into a meteoric period of expansion that continued after the company went public in 1992. Starbucks, American company that is the largest coffeehouse chain in the world.

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From just a narrow storefront, Starbucks offered some of the world’s finest fresh-roasted whole bean coffees. Starbucks begins providing coffee to fine restaurants and espresso bars.