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Starbucks opens
first store at Pike
Place Market

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11 Giornale acquires Starbucks assets with the backing of local investors and changes its name to Starbucks Corporation .Opens in Chicago and Vancouver ,Canada.
Total stores*:17

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Schultz founds il Giornale , offering brewed coffee and espresso beverages made from Starbucks coffee beans.

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Opens first drive-thru location.
Total stores: 425

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ull health benefits to eligible full and part time employees,including coverage for domestic partnerships. Total stores:33

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Begins serving frappuccino blended beverages ,opens roasting facility in york pa total stores:677

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Begins selling bottled  Frappuccino Coffee drink through North American Coffee partnership

Opens stores in Japan [First Store outside of North American]

and singapore

Total stores : 1,015

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Launches
.Starbucks.com
:Open stores in
England, Malaysia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Thailand
Tatal stores :1886

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Launches Starbucks.com. Opens stores in: England, Malaysia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Thailand. Total stores: 1,886

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Acquires Tazo Tea. Acquires Hear Music, a San Francisco-based music company. Opens stores in: China, Kuwait, Lebanon and South Korea. Total stores: 2,498

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Introduces the Starbucks Card.
Opens stores in: Austria,Scotland, Switzerland and Wales.
Total stores: 4,709

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Enhances iPhone app with shake toEnhances iPhone app with shake to pay and digital tipping.
Announces commitment to hiring 10,000 veterans
and military spouses by 2018.
Opens first Starbucks Reserve Roastery and
Tasting Room in Seattle.
Opens stores in: Brunel and Colombia.
Total stores 21,366

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Launches cold Brew iced coffee and Evolution Fresh handcrafted smoothies , Expands Starbucks college Achievment Plan to offer full tuition coverage for all four years of an undergraduate degree for qualifying U.S. Starbucks partners. commits to 25,000 partners graduating by 2025. Reaches 99% ethically sourced coffee milestone. Opens stores : 22,519 ( as of June 28,2015).