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Sunday, November 4, 2012

STARBUCKS - History & Fact

The first Starbucks outlet opened in 1971, March 30 in Seattle , Washington.
English teacher Jerry Baldwin , history teacher Zev Siegl and writer Gordon Bowker started the company.
The name Starbucks comes from the book , Moby Dick.

In 1982 Baldwin hired Schultz as the new head of Marketing and sent him to Milan , Italy for a business trip . Schultz Loved that Italy was full of coffee.
Schultz has his first Caffe Latte during his trip . He also noticed how lattes & coffeees relaxes people.
When he returned to Seattle , he told Baldwin about how he should expand into a full service coffee shop.

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