The Starbucks Shareholder Meeting: March 23, 2011 – Melody’s Roundup
Today was the annual meeting of Starbucks shareholders, held in Seattle, Washington, at McCaw Hall. I got there early and stood in line for almost an hour, wanting to get…
The tiny Starbucks at 359 Grant Avenue in San Francisco
There is a very small Starbucks store on Grant Avenue in San Francisco, located very close to San Francisco’s gate to Chinatown. This store at 359 Grant Avenue does not…
Book Review: Onward by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz (Scheduled release date, March 29, 2011)
“One cup. One customer. One partner. One experience at a time. We had to get back to what mattered most.” Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its…
Memoirs of a 19 year-old Starbucks store in San Francisco (My siren episode #3 – 1987 to 1992 logo)
Located on the corner of Laguna Street and Union Street in San Francisco, in a beautiful neighborhood, yet with busy streets, stands a nineteen year-old Starbucks. The doors were first…
Starbucks Tribute Blend Via Ready Brew: Your hardest decision is what cup to use
Tribute Blend Via Ready Brew by Starbucks is here and it’s flavorful and easy to use. In fact the great thing about Via is how incredibly convenient it is. I…
Traveling all over the world to Starbucks: Hamburg, Germany
Manchmal besuchen wir die schönen Starbucks Filiale auf der ganzen Welt. Der nächste Haltepunkt ist angekommen: Hamburg, Deutschland. Zum Glück ist Sebastian Birr in diese Stadt kürzlich gefahren. Er hat…
Flashback to 1999 – Starbucks creates Joe Magazine and it tanks.
One of the more intriguing chapters in the history of Starbucks is Joe Magazine. This was a magazine produced by Starbucks in the summer of 1999 in partnership with Time…
Which of the new Starbucks petite treats do you like best? (Free petite treats 3-10 to 3-12 with some conditions).
Starbucks has launched the “petite treats” which are eight small-sized desserts, each one under 200 calories. These new food treats launched on March 8, 2011, and coming soon there is…
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz rings the NASDAQ bell, kicking off 40th Anniversary festivities on March 8, 2011
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz kicked off the company’s 40th Anniversary festivities by ringing the NASDAQ opening bell this morning from Seattle’s Pike Place Market. This was staged immediately outside the…
USA Today interviews Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz
Quite recently, the CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, gave an interview to USA Today. I believe it took place at the Olive Way Starbucks within the past two weeks. The…
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