Running head: STARBUCKS’ STRATEGY1
Dr. Shavers
Assignment 1: Starbucks’s Strategy
Modern Management
Strayer University
October 21, 2014
Submitted by: RUNNING HEAD: STARBUCKS’ STRATEGY2
Starbuck’s Coffee is a multi-billion dollar company. It was founded in 1971 in Seattle,
Washington. It was a single store located in the Park Place Market area of Seattle. The idea started with three friends, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, and Gordon Bowker. They opened a small shop and began selling fresh-roasted, gourmet coffee beans and brewing and roasting accessories. The company’s total revenue for 2013 was $14.8 Billion Dollars. Today, they have more than 21,000 stores in 65 countries and is the premier roaster and retailer
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Starbucks as earned this reputation through its actions in all phases of its business and live out the commitment through both its mission statement and values. Starbucks has business ethics program that is used to protect its Missions’ Culture. It is used to assist the partners to make ethical decision at their jobs. The decisions of the management and its choices for the company has a tremendous effect on employees, customers and the business. Starbucks has created an environment that is very relaxing to customers. It is a one of a kind coffee shop. There is no other coffee shop of this kind.
Everything within the Starbuck’s environment is relaxing, calming and tension relieving. They make it the perfect comfort zone.
One key management competency that Starbucks manager is like to have is Leadership
Abilities. An individual must have great leadership skill in order to lead others. Leadership is the
Process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task (Schreiner. 2011). There are very few people that can become leaders. It takes a very special individual to become a
The company was founded in 1948 by Dick Stack at the age of 18. Stack came up with the idea while working at an Army surplus store in Binghamton, New York. The owner wanted to get Stack’s opinion on whether it would be a good idea for the store to offer fishing
The business was originally opened a second hand store in 1981, it was founded by Ron Hall and John Shuster. The first store was located in Toorak Road, South Yarra, Victoria.
* Starbucks was one of the Fortune Top 100 Companies to Work For in 2008. The company is a respected employer that values its workforce.
The fact that all the managers are accountable, help and work with each other despite their level help Starbucks maintains and achieves good result.
* Starbucks expanded to pursue sales of products in a variety of distribution channels and market segments. Products were marketed to restaurants, airlines, hotels, universities, hospitals, business offices, country clubs, and select retailers. In the airline industry, Starbucks coffee was served in flights United Airlines and United Airlines. Packets of Starbucks coffee along with coffee making equipment were made available in each room in Hyatt, Hilton, Sheraton, Radisson and Westin Hotels. Coffee service was also provided in several Wells Fargo banks in California. Foodservice distributors such as Sysco
Social persuasion - if people are persuaded they have what it takes to succeed , they exert more effort and avoid focusing on their doubts when problems arise.
The Business started as a footwear company by two brothers Rudolf and Adi after their father, who initially owned a shoe business. It started in 1924 in Germany.
* Founded in 1946 by Harry Snyder and his wife Esther, first establishing their location in Baldwin Park, California.
Starbucks has been the world’s premier roaster and retailer of coffee since its founding in 1987. Today they operate stores in over 50 countries. They have 8,812 company-owned stores and 7,583 licensed stores. Sales accumulate on average to about $10 billion dollars.
business model may seem, there is plenty of hard work invested and financial risks taken to grow
1.Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
One company that has been particularly successful in creating an overall company image in my option has been Starbucks. They have been able to maintain a dominant position in today’s market. Where in the morning most of our society needs a good cup of coffee in order to start their day. At one point, we looked at Starbucks as a high-end marketer. A sort of club to belong to. However, things managed to change in the recent years where a 4.00 cup of coffee was becoming a luxury items. This became known as the Coffee Wars. Starbuck had to now face competition from the fast food world. Which was McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts. They started to look at this market as an opening to gain more customers. They started to offer their
Starbucks is the premier roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. It is the No. 1 branded coffee house chain in the world, with 19,797 company operated and non-company operated stores in 62 countries (Starbucks Corporation, 2013). The CEO Howard Shultz leads them, and Starbuck’s employs 182,000 persons. Starbuck competes globally with other coffee shops, and fast food chains that offer coffee on the menu (Shah, Hawk, & A, 2011).
* Starbucks expanded to pursue sales of products in a variety of distribution channels and market segments. Products were marketed to restaurants, airlines, hotels, universities, hospitals, business offices, country clubs, and select retailers. In the airline industry, Starbucks coffee was served in flights United Airlines and United Airlines. Packets of Starbucks coffee along with coffee making equipment were made available in each room in Hyatt, Hilton, Sheraton, Radisson and Westin Hotels. Coffee service was also provided in several Wells Fargo banks in California. Foodservice distributors such as Sysco Corporation