Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 30,626 stores in 79 countries. Although, estimates do range from these numbers.
Starbucks locations serve hot and cold beverages, whole-bean coffee, microground instant coffee, full-leaf teas, pastries, and snacks. Most stores also sell pre-packaged food items, hot and cold sandwiches, and items such as mugs and tumblers. Starbucks Evenings locations also offer a variety of beers, wines, and appetizers after 4pm.[7] Through the Starbucks Entertainment division and Hear Music brand, the company also markets books, music, and film. Many of the company's products are seasonal or specific to the locality of the store. Starbucks-brand ice cream and coffee are also offered at grocery stores.
From Starbucks' founding in 1971 as a Seattle coffee bean roaster and retailer, the company has expanded rapidly. Since 1987, Starbucks has opened on average two new stores every day.[8] Starbucks had been profitable as a local company in Seattle in the early 1980s [9] but lost money on its late 1980s expansion into the Midwest and British Columbia. Its fortunes did not reverse until the fiscal year of 1989-1990,[10] when it registered a small profit of $812,000. By the time it expanded into California in 1991 it had become trendy.[11] The first store outside the United States or Canada opened in Tokyo in 1996, and overseas stores now constitute almost one third of Starbucks' stores.[12] The company planned to open a net of 900 new stores outside of the United States in 2009,[13] but has announced 300 store closures in the United States since 2008.[14]
First Starbucks store was opened at the historic Pike Place Market. There a lot of Starbucks knock-offs in the world.
List of Countries with Amount of Starbucks
Africa
- Egypt - 32
- South Africa - 11
- Morocco - 9
- Tunisia - 1
Asia
- China - 3600
- Japan - 1,415
- South Korea - 1,080
- China's Administrative Regions Hong Kong, Taiwan - 577
- Thailand - 410
- Turkey - 408
- Philippines - 300
- Indonesia - 249
- Malaysia - 220
- India - 157
- UAE - 138
- Singapore - 125
- Saudi Arabia - 92
- Kuwait - 89
- Vietnam - 64
- Lebanon - 40
- Cambodia - 21
- Bahrain - 19
- Qatar - 18
- Kazakhstan - 16
- Jordan - 14
- Cyprus - 11
- Oman - 11
- Azerbaijan - 4
- Brunei - 4
Europe
- UK - 884
- Germany - 161
- France - 121
- Russia - 112
- Spain - 107
- Poland - 72
- Ireland - 67
- Switzerland - 63
- Netherlands - 59
- Romania - 48
- Greece - 31
- Czech Republic - 26
- Denmark - 21
- Austria - 20
- Belgium - 19
- Norway - 17
- Sweden - 17
- Hungary - 16
- Bulgaria - 14
- Portugal - 11
- Italy - 10
- Finland - 9
- Slovakia - 7
- Luxembourg - 3
- Serbia - 3
- Andorra - 1
- Malta - 1
- Monaco - 1
North America
- USA - 13,352
- Canada - 2,359
- Mexico - 531
- The Bahamas - 12
- Costa Rica - 12
- El Salvador - 11
- Trinidad and Tobago - 9
- Guatemala - 7
- Jamaica - 7
- The Netherland's Oversea Constituencies - 6 Aruba, Curaçao
- Panama - 5
- The UK's Oversea Territory - 1 Cayman Islands
- Dominican Republic - 1
Oceania
- Australia - 35
- New Zealand - 22
South America
- Brazil - 104
- Argentina - 100
- Chile - 91
- Peru - 81
- Columbia - 24
- Bolivia - 4
- Uruguay - 1
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