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Howard Schultz has played an important role in the creation and expansion of Starbucks. However, Schultz was not one of the founders of Starbucks as is commonly thought. Starbucks was started in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, and Gordon Bowker who opened up Starbucks as a place to share their love of coffee with their customers (Thompson, Peteraf, Gamble, Strickland III, & McGraw-Hill, 2013). The first four stores did not include purchasing coffee like the Starbucks we now know. Instead, the first stores sold coffee beans which were roasted in another facility not far away, and encouraged their customers to learn more about grinding and brewing coffee at home.

Coffee which is a simple product has been turned it into a commodity in our lifestyle, it no longer just a drink but an event in itself, instead of just buying a cup of coffee companies have led us to believe that we are buying an experience. Companies have discovered how to sell out big money for a simple product; consumers are willing to buy $5 and up for a cup of coffee, not just because of the taste but because buying that cup makes consumers feel like part of something. According to Kate Macdonald a coffee chain such as Starbucks gets 14 million customers a day or more. It also has become one more of the global and cultural icons such as Coca-Cola and McDonalds. It very likely to find a Starbucks coffee shop in any major city around the globe; this make sound good for any coffee producers, but the reality is that coffee trade is full with ironies. As consumers steps up to the register and order their cup of coffee, it is more likely that they will not think of the more than “25 million people around the world (that) base their livelihoods on its production (Watson and Achinelli

Brief History: The Starbucks founded in 1971 and opened the first store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, WA, United States by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker. First Starbucks sold only coffee beans and coffee machines. The coffee drinks were sold after 10 years when Howard Schultz was hired as a Director of Retail Operations. And the next year, the founders sold Starbucks to Schultz, after that the company growing fast and large volume by made international franchise to Tokyo, which is a first international Starbucks’ store, and acquires many local coffee stores, such as Peet’s and Seattle’s Best Coffee. The Starbucks started to sell their stock to the public and their employees in the 1990s (Coffee. Org).

When Howard Schultz first experienced Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spice he was immediately smitten by the operations and business culture, and actively pursued a job with them. At that time, Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spice was an 11 year old coffee shop with six stores in Seattle specializing in high-quality coffee beans. Starbucks Coffee, Tea and Spice desired to bring fine coffee to their customers, so to that end, they imported quality coffee beans, roasted them to their own exacting specifications and sold the beans and high-end coffeemakers to their customers, so customers could make superb coffee at home. The only coffee brewed onsite was the sampling of a roast, in order for a customer to determine if they wanted to buy that

 In 1981, Starbucks hired Howard Schultz as the Director of Retail Operations. He tried to convince the owners to sell coffee verse beans and machines. Unfortunately, he did not convince them and he branched off and opened his own café. Howard opened his chain of coffee shops in 1986 and later bought the name Starbucks from Baldwin.

Ten years later, current CEO and chairman of Starbucks, Howard Schultz was so impressed by his first taste of coffee, he urged Baldwin to hire him. As Director of Retail Operations, he believed the company should expand to selling drinks along with the beans and machines. Unable to convince the owners, Schultz decided to create his own coffee bar in Seattle. In 1986, the owners of Starbucks sold the company to Schultz and his

Starbucks MG 420/ Business Policy Chester July 23, 2008 History In 1971, Seattle Washington, three men joined together and founded the Starbucks Coffee Company. The three men responsible are Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, and Gordon Bower. Starbucks was launched with the idea that coffee was brewed at home. Therefore, Starbucks only sold gourmet coffee beans and brewing/roasting necessities. Ten years later, Howard Shultz became interested in the company and in 1982 he was hired. Howard Shultz is responsible for bringing the idea of coffeehouse café to Starbucks. What began as one small coffee shop in Seattle has grown to over “8,000 stores in over 30 countries and annual revenues in excess of $7.5 billion” (Wilson, 2005).

Starbucks Corporation History Of Starbucks Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin and Ziv Siegl founded Starbucks in 1971. Their goal was to sell the finest quality whole beans and ground coffees (Starbucks timeline and history, 2004). In 1982, Starbucks had grown to five stores and started serving coffee to restaurants and espresso bars. Harold Schultz was employed as the director of retail operations and marketing. Harold Schultz convinced the founders of Starbucks to open a downtown Seattle coffee bar, which opened in 1984. With the success of Seattle coffee bar, Schultz left Starbucks to start his own company named Il Giornale. In 1987, Il Giornale acquired Starbucks retail operations for 4 million dollars. In addition, Il

Introduction: Starbucks Corporation opened their first store in 1971 in Seattle historic Pike Place Market. They offered finest fresh roasted whole bean coffees. The name ‘Starbucks’ was inspired from Moby Dick, one of the most famous traders in that time. A local citizen in the USA owned it. In 1981, which is ten years later Howard Schultz had his first cup of coffee there and decided to join a year later. Now he became the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Starbucks. Later on, Schultz traveled to Italy and he was inspired with the Italian coffee so he decided to bring the tasty coffee to the United States. Today Starbucks is operating more than 18.000 stores around the world. Their concept was to connect people together by

The Starbucks brand originated in 1971 by opening its first store emplacement in Seattle, Washington. In the 1970s and 1980s, Starbucks Corporation experienced success in the U.S. marketplace. By 1987, Howard Schultz purchased Starbucks after serving for 5 years in the process department at Starbucks Corporation. By the closing of the year 2000, Schultz had increased from 17 to 4,000 Starbucks Stores. Schultz moved Starbucks Corporation into a new golden business era not just locally but internationally (Lloyd, Jackson, & Gaulden, 2001).

Table of contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………….2 Introduction…………………………………………………………...........3 Main discussion Part (1) Starbucks product’s competitive priorities…………………………3 Part (2) Starbucks critical analysis, services and manufacturing strategies...5 Part (3) Product life cycle………………………………………………….10 Part (4) the flow diagram processes ……………………………………….13 Part (5) Tools and standards applied to keep tracking in the industry…..…15 Recommendations………………………………………………………….17 References……………………………………………………………….…19 Abstract Starbucks opened its first location in Seattle 's Pike Place Market in 1971. Now Chairman Howard Schultz joined Starbucks in 1982 as Director of Marketing. Schultz visited Italy and noticed the

1980s Howard Schultz joins Starbucks in 1982. Howard Schultz, at the age of 34, became Starbucks ' president and CEO. While on a business trip in Italy, he visits Milan’s famous espresso bars. Impressed with their popularity and culture, he sees their potential in Seattle. He’s right – after trying lattes and

many of its U.S. and Canadian outlets, the new store was located in a busy district of a prominent

History of Starbuck’s: Starbucks was founded in 1971 in Seattle’s: Pike Place Market, by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, and Gordon Bowker, each sharing a love for fine coffee and exotic teas. In 1981, Howard Schultz was first introduced to Starbuck’s, and became hooked after three sips. Throughout the year Schultz had meetings with Baldwin and Bowker and in 1982 Howard Schultz joined Starbuck’s as the head of retail and marketing operations. During a trip to Milan, Italy Schultz discovered a market for freshly

In early 1980 the management change took place while one of the founding members left Starbucks and Jerry Baldwin became a CEO. When Howard Schultz joined the company and took charge of marketing and overseeing the retail stores in two years Starbucks reached a milestone by acquiring five stores in San Francisco’s Peet’s Coffee and Tea chain. Although Schultz succeeded in acquiring still his proposal to start selling beverages were not