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Founded in 1971 in Seattle's Pike Place Market, Starbucks is the world's largest purveyor of premium coffee. Starbucks is named for the first mate in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The original name of the company was Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spices. Its mission: "To establish Starbucks as the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world while maintaining our uncompromising principles as we grow." In fiscal 2007, revenues were $9.4 billion with operating income of $1.1 billion.

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Howard Schultz was promoting his book on "CBS Sunday Morning" this morning, and Katie Couric suggested that...

Let's get the weekend OPEN THREAD going!more

Talk about whatever -- drinks, customers, colleagues, rumors; as long as it's Starbucks-related, it's up for discussion.

Does the average customer order just one Starbucks Petite?more

Or do they favor two-packs, or even a three-pack or more to make a meal out of it? I was eyeing the tiny offerings in...

Here's what came out of today's Starbucks annual meetingmore

* Starbucks will start selling the Keurig brewing system in its own stores in 2012. * Howard Schultz said Starbucks'...

Starbucks holds its annual shareholders meetingmore

You can follow Starbucks beat reporter Melissa Allison's tweets here. || Read her annual meeting story.

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"Perhaps this isn’t that surprising given how little agencies—and their holding companies—invest in...

Howard Schultz talks to USA Today about Starbucks' last 40 yearsmore

Some excerpts from the interview: * "I can't answer why people are so emotionally linked to what we do or why they...

Here we go again: Why Starbucks should buy Peet'smore

Yes, this has been chewed over before on the site, but I think this author's point is new: "The Peet's brand would...

Starbucks is #98 on Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Wor...more

The coffee chain was #2 on the list in 2005, and has been dropping since. It was #93 last year. Read "100 Best...

Starbucks celebrates 40th anniversary with a new logomore

Starbucks says the new wordless logo is better suited to the company's expansion beyond coffee into a wider array of...

"My son was fired last week from Starbucks for having tattoos...&...more

"He was hired with these tattoos and then they became an issue," Jennifer wrote on this site earlier in the...

Favorite Posts from 2010more

As 2010 turns to 2011, it's time to revisit my favorite Brand Autopsy posts from the past year. Revisiting vintage...

A Starbucks employee offers "a few things you can do to hack the ...more

Before you get all worked up, this employee is hardly a SBUX-basher -- and what he/she shares is hardly new to most...

Judge rejects lawsuit against Starbucks over hot tea spillmore

Before throwing out the 25-year-old woman's claim, the judge told lawyers and courtroom spectators that "this is...

I'm taking advantage of today's Starbucks packaged coffee deal...more

Are your customers? In the Chicago-area stores, they're giving away one pound of coffee for every pound purchased.

A dozen Starbucks items you can snag for under 250 caloriesmore

This list is compiled by the FitSugar website. The first item mentioned is the Birthday Cake Mini Doughnut with 130...

The Starbucks Digital Network. Why Bother?more

Earlier this year Starbucks made Internet access totally free in all its company-owned U.S. stores. Now, Starbucks has...

Starbucks to start selling flavored instant coffee this fallmore

VIA will soon be available in mocha, vanilla, caramel and cinnamon flavors. || Read "Starbucks expands insta-brew,...

Starbucks to use coffee shops as testing grounds to get more products ...more

In a memo sent to Starbucks executives last week, Howard Schultz said he's aiming to leverage Starbucks's retail stores...

A reporter wants to talk to Starbucks baristas about VIA sales. Here's...more

Lisa Baertlein, who covers Starbucks for Reuters news service, read the posts on Starbucks Gossip about the pressure to...

Starbucks figures out how to get customers to use its free Wi-Fi even ...more

Starbucks says its added even more content to its upcoming digital network, which will let in-store customers browse...

Starbucks CEO's multi-million dollar options package raises eyebrowsmore

At the end of May, with Starbucks stock at $25.89, Howard Schultz's options package was worth a whopping $46.8 million.

OPEN THREAD conversation-starter: The Treat Receipt is coming back Jun...more

According to "Spence" in the comments section, the promotions runs until October. He writes: "After 2pm,...

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