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  1. Nov 25, 2022 · The name of one mining town, Starbos, stood out to Bowker. He immediately thought of the first mate on the Pequod: Starbuck. They added the S because it sounded more conversational. After all ...

  2. Mar 14, 2018 · An online study guide for Moby-Dick even joked, “If Starbucks were Starbuck, you’d only ever get a tall coffee with 2% milk.”. According to the company website, Starbucks chose this name because it evokes “the romance of the high seas and the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders.”. Fun fact: The founders debated using the ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › StarbucksStarbucks - Wikipedia

    Interior of the Pike Place Market location in 1977. Howard Schultz was chief executive from 1986 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2017. Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker at ...

  4. Apr 22, 2024 · The Starbucks logo, designed by Terry Heckler in 1971, was originally brown and featured a majestic bare-breasted siren. The two-tailed mermaid, drawing inspiration from old marine books, emerged ...

  5. Timeline. 1989 Starbucks opens first store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Howard Schultz joins Starbucks as director of retail operations and marketing. Starbucks begins providing coffee to fine restaurants and espresso bars. Schultz travels to Italy, where he’s impressed with the popularity of espresso bars in Milan.

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  6. Total stores: 33. 1989 Total stores: 55. 1990 Starbucks expands headquarters in Seattle. Total stores: 84. 1991 Becomes the first privately owned U.S. company to offer a stock option program that includes part-time employees. Opens first licensed airport store at Seattle’s Sea-Tac International Airport. Total stores: 116.

  7. In 1971, our founders got together with artist Terry Heckler to define their new brand. They wanted the company’s name to suggest a sense of adventure, a connection to the Northwest and a link to the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders. Co-founder Gordon Bowker, a writer, initially proposed calling the company “Pequod,” after ...

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