BBC - h2g2 - A Guide to the Menu at Starbucks (#)

  „Common in the United States, Starbucks has become the McDonalds of the coffee world; if you are in most major American airports or cities, rest assured, you are never more than 15 minutes from the nearest Starbucks. Starting as an obscure coffee shop in Seattle in the early 1970s, Starbucks has grown so much that they now own significant portions of New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco , and almost all of Seattle .“

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BBC - BBC Four Profile - Howard Schultz

  „Starbucks serves 15 million customers a week, in almost 4,000 stores. In the McDonalds age, is this just coffee with fries?“

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BBC News | The Company File | Starbucks storms into UK

  „The company already operates 1,600 stores in North America and has been opening new stores at the rate one a day- with 350 planned for this financial year. It also operates franchises at most US airports, and in-store coffee bars at other retailers, like booksellers Barnes & Noble. One quarter of its sales comes from selling coffee beans and coffee making equipment. It has also been experimenting with other products, like coffee ice cream and a "frapucinno" cold drink.“

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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq log: 10 December 2004

  „They arrived at 0930 and were recognised by a man who brought them coffee instead of the traditional tea. He remembered the lieutenant from three weeks ago when he gave the man a pound of American coffee called "Seattle's Best". Through a translator the man said that soon he'll make the Americans' coffee from fresh tap water, not bottled water. The coffee was thick and sweet, flavoured with cardamom.“

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View topic - POLL: WHAT'S WRONG WITH STARBUCKS? - Coffee Forum

  „- Starbucks is the McDonalds of coffee. Do you want the best hamburg? Go to your local mom and pop not McDonalds.“

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  „Fonte Coffee Roaster Donates Sumatra Proceeds to American Red Cross International Response Fund for Tsunami Victims Fonte Hopes to Rally Coffee Community by Following Efforts Made by Starbucks SEATTLE, Dec. 31/PRNewswire/ -- Just days after the tra“

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