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Starbucks opened in 1971, that one store in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market. -
In 1983, Howard Schults, CEO of Starbucks, traveled to Italy and was enchanted by Italian coffee shops and wanted to incorporate that idea in the United States. -
In 1987 two of the founders decided to sell the company to Howard Schults for a price of 250,000 dollars. -
In 1991 it was the first profitable year and after several studies, they saw that opening a store in Los Angeles was a great market opportunity.
Los Angeles decided to name Starbuck "America's Best Coffee" -
In 1992 Starbucks began trading on the Stock Market, growing from earning $14 per share to $33 in just three months.
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In 1997 Starbucks already had a number of 1,412 stores around the world, that same year the Starbucks Foundation was created with the purpose of helping social welfare -
In 1998 the web starbucks.com was created, year after year, Starbucks manages to enter different countries, becoming present in 63. -
Currently, Starbucks has continued to grow as a company and as a brand, introducing different flavors of coffee every year and improvements in its stores, such as wireless network, coffee maker changes, etc. Improving its quality and customer service, if you are a coffee lover you will love this site