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28 unusual facts about Starbucks


Argentine tea culture

In a concession to Argentine tea culture, when Starbucks opened its first outlet in Argentina, it announced that it would include a mate latte drink on its menu.

Billboard Comprehensive Albums

Until November 2007, albums sold as an "exclusive" to a particular retail outlet (such as iTunes, Starbucks, or Wal-Mart) were not eligible for the Billboard 200 due to a long-standing policy.

Bovine somatotropin

Starbucks's website, as of August 2012, has no statement about use of milk from cows treated with rBST.

British International School, Riyadh

As well as the expected educational facilities, the site houses a Starbucks café (a sixth form privilege).

Cal Sierra Airlines

They were the first airline to serve Starbucks coffee in-flight and offered a number of coffee selections in-flight.

Calendar Leaves

A month later, on the patio of a Starbucks on Vancouver's East side, the contract that brought Calendar Leaves to life was signed.

Chiverton Cross

There are motorists' services by the roundabout including the Chiverton Arms pub (illustrated right), a Starbucks coffee shop (formerly a Little Chef restaurant) and two filling stations.

Custom Nation

It looks at Vistaprint, Shutterfly, Zazzle, CafePress, Starbucks, Dell, Subway, and other companies whose business concepts depend on customization.

E-Dreams

Kozmo.com raised $250 million in capital and attracted attention from Amazon.com and Starbucks.

Fair Trade Towns USA

Then, throughout the early 2000s, major chains in the U.S. such as Starbucks and Wal-Mart begin selling fair trade products.

Gamification

In 2010, Starbucks gave custom Foursquare badges to people who checked in at multiple locations and offered discounts to people who became mayors of an individual store.

Genuardi's

products = Bakery, dairy, deli, floral, frozen foods, general grocery, meat, produce, seafood, snacks, Starbucks, and Western Union.

Green Party of Oklahoma

The state party also called for a boycott in 2006 of Starbucks in solidarity with the National Lawyers Guild and other groups protesting the firing of workers who were members of the Industrial Workers of the World union.

Jorge Chávez International Airport

Food Court - Located on the second floor, the food court has outlets of: McDonald's, Papa John's, Starbucks and others, there is also a Dunkin' Donuts next to the main entrance of the terminal.

Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos

While the expansion plans include a cinema, there are already several shops and restaurants located in the shopping centre including KFC, Starbucks, Pavo Real (a Mexican restaurant famed for its Karaoke Monday Nights), Kargeens (a popular open-air sheesha cafe) and Ziyara (another shisha bar with open-air seats outside along with an inside facility).

Major League Lacrosse Community Service Award

The Major League Lacrosse Starbucks Community Service Award was only given once in 2005.

Malaysian Today

It can also be read in (but not removed from) certain areas like Starbucks, Coffee Bean and Secret Recipe outlets.

Melusine

The Starbucks logo features a two tailed siren similar to Melusine.

Palais des congrès de Paris

The mall features some major American retailers, such as Sephora and Starbucks.

Salwa, Kuwait

This includes a supermarket and various restaurants (including Burger King and Starbucks coffee).

Tata Coffee

Tata Coffee entered into a coffee sourcing and roasting agreement with Starbucks Coffee Company to supply coffee beans to its coffee chains in India.

The Perfect Holiday

Later, while sitting in a Starbucks after his shift as Santa, Benjamin and his friend Jamal (Faizon Love) see Nancy go into a dry cleaners.

The Timothy Plan

Among the better known companies that don't meet the plan's guidelines are General Electric, The Coca-Cola Company, Microsoft, Starbucks, Time Warner and Walt Disney Company.

Toy2R

Additionally, Toy2r has been commissioned to create exclusive Qee figures for such companies as Adidas, DKNY, Mitsubishi, Xbox 360, Nokia, Sony, Clutter Magazine, and Starbucks.

University of Leicester Students' Union

The union is also home to a Starbucks, Ryman's and Nourish, a small supermarket selling essential goods.

Western Law School

A Starbucks operates in the part of the law building known as "Chambers".

XM Café

From 2007-07-31 until 2008-09-30, the Starbucks-operated XM channel Hear Music merged with XM Café to create the Starbucks XM Café.

On 2008-09-30 the channel returned to its former name, according to XM, after a termination of a marketing contract with Starbucks.


3Degrees

3Degrees’ partners include utilities & Load-Serving Entities (LSEs) such as the City of Palo Alto Utilities and Dominion Resources, renewable energy project owners, institutions and non-profits such as Northwestern University, and businesses such as Whole Foods Market and Starbucks.

Brand blunder

An April 2002 Starbucks ad featured twin cups of their Tazo drinks with the caption "Collapse into cool" and an airborne dragonfly, imagery and wording which reminded many of the recent 9/11 attacks.

Bruntwood

Customers in Bruntwood's retail space include Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Krispy Kreme, WHSmith, Paddy Power, Sainsbury's, Starbucks, Spar as well as a number of independent retailers throughout the portfolio including in Afflecks.

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

2000: Comic book artist Kieron Dwyer was sued by Starbucks Coffee for parodying their famous mermaid logo within his comic book Lowest Common Denominator. Although the judge ruled that Starbucks could not sue a parody and the case settled out of court, Dwyer was forced to comply with the ruling that he could no longer use his logo for its confusing similarity to that of Starbucks.

Craig Cutler

He has photographed ads for a wide range of clients, including Starbucks, Vanguard, Xbox 360, Mobil, Microsoft, and Sprint.

GMI Retail Management

Wal-Mart, together with other international brands, such as Forever 21, C&A and Starbucks, have committed to anchor in all five projects.

Hillside Shopping Centre

Food court tenants include Canadian-based businesses such as Tim Hortons, New York Fries, and Opa Souvlaki, as well as US-based chains such as McDonald's, Benny’s Bagels, and Starbucks.

Izze

Cranberry - Introduced November 2006, discontinued December 2006, Only available at Starbucks.

Kleinburg

Main street has local shops and restaurants as well as national chains such as Subway, Starbucks, and Royal Bank.

Kristen Henderson

In 2003, Antigone Rising signed a major label record deal with Jason Flom at Lava Records/Atlantic Records and on May 11, 2005 their major label debut From the Ground Up was released in conjunction with Starbucks Hear Music label.

Miller Place, New York

Miller Place's main business district is located on New York State Route 25A and includes mostly corporation-run locations, including a Starbucks, Subway, Ruby Tuesday, Applebee's, Stop & Shop, Gamestop, Sprint/Nextel, and many other businesses.

Ragheb Alama

Of the companies that endorsed Ragheb and featured him as part of their promotions including United Nations, Starbucks, Mercedes-Benz, Samsung, Malaysian Ministry of Tourism, Malaysia Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Persol, The Pearl-Qatar.

Scott Goodson

During his career, he has worked for major brands such as PepsiCo, Google, Heineken, P&G, Starbucks, Smart Car, Scion, Emirates, Frito-Lay, Jim Beam and Wal-Mart's Sam's Club.

Seattle's Best Coffee

Starbucks also owns and operates locations within Chapters and Indigo Books and Music bookstores in Canada.

Sharanjit Leyl

Her other interviews have included the Chairman of Starbucks, Howard Schultz; Microsoft founder Bill Gates; the Prime Minister of Pakistan; former leaders of Singapore and Malaysia; and heads of the World Bank.

Souq Sharq

On the Ground Floor and Second Floor there is a wide variety of retail outlets, ranging from well-known high-street shops to chic boutiques and designer stores such as River Island, Next, Boots, Milano, Nokia, Zara, Primo Emporio, Charles Jourdan, IKKS, Sony, GNC, Mothercare, The Body Shop, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Starbucks and Häagen-Dazs.

Squeaky Wheel Buffalo Media Arts Center

Squeaky Wheel is supported in part by the Baird Foundation, the Children's Foundation of Erie County, the Peter C. Cornell Trust, the Experimental Television Center, the Fund for the Arts, Hodgson Russ LLP, M&T Bank, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, the John R. Oishei Foundation, Starbucks Foundation and our members.

Steven Kolb

Most recently Charlotte Ronson and Stacey Bendet of Alice & Olivia created limited-edition items for Starbucks as a result of one of these symbiotic partner and designer relationships.

Tata Global Beverages

The coffee shops branded as "Starbucks Coffee - A Tata Alliance" will source coffee beans from Tata Coffee, a subsidiary company of Tata Global Beverages.

Thayer Street

While Harvard Square has long been controlled by chain restaurants and stores, many businesses on Thayer remain independent, such as Avon Cinema, Blue State Coffee, Rockstar Body Piercing, East Side Pockets, and NAVA- New And Vintage Apparel with certain notable exceptions such as Johnny Rockets, Starbucks, Au Bon Pain, Urban Outfitters, Chipotle, and CVS Pharmacy.

The Undercover Economist

It explains in non-technical terms how Starbucks and other coffee providers price their products, why it is hard to buy a decent used car, why the health insurance system in the United States is failing, and why poor countries remain poor while the People's Republic of China has continuously grown rich in the last couple of decades.

This Space for Rent

He fails his first audition (a PSA for genital warts) and ends up working at a Jar Heads, a Starbucks parody, as a "coffee jerk".

Two Bridges, Manhattan

Guns N' Roses guitarist and area resident Richard Fortus called Two Bridges, "the only neighborhood left in Manhattan that doesn’t have a Starbucks".

University / 65th Street

Places to eat that are directly connected to the station include Dos Coyotes, Jamba Juice, and Starbucks.

Viretta Park

The first version of Friends of Viretta Park group was formed by area neighbors during a controversy with former neighbor and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who formerly lived to the South.

Washington Referendum 74

Starbucks, Nike, Inc., REI, Alcoa, Expedia, Inc., T-Mobile, Nordstrom, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and dozens of other businesses also supported the bill.

Words of Love

Jessica Lea Mayfield covered the song for the Starbucks compilation Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs.