Key dates for Starbucks

Published on: 07/11/06

1971: Starbucks opens as a coffee roaster in Seattle's Pike Place Market

1985: Il Giornale, the first coffeehouse to serve Starbucks coffee, opens in Seattle.

1987: Il Giornale and Starbucks merge. Starbucks Corp. opens with 17 total locations.

1992: SBUX goes public on Nasdaq.

1996: First non-North American stores open in Tokyo and Singapore.


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