In 1984, the original owners of Starbucks, led by Jerry Baldwin, purchased Peet's. During the 1980s, total sales of coffee in the US were falling, but sales of specialty coffee increased, forming 10% of the market in 1989, compared with 3% in 1983.
IAU redirects here. For other uses, see IAU (disambiguation) . The International Astronomical Union (IAU; French: Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a collection of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.
An APU is an auxiliary power unit.. On-board APUs are small jet turboshaft engines that are started to provide electrical and hydraulic power to the aircraft when needed during periods when the engines aren't running. Some aircraft are designed so the APU cannot be run unless the aircraft is sitting on the ground (governed by a weight on wheels switch). The entire aircraft can't be run off the APU, but all essential systems can be. By contrast, an EPU is an emergency power unit..