What country inspired Starbucks - but has no Starbucks in it?
Starbucks and Torrefazione Italia from AFC Enterprises for $72m. The deal only gained 150 stores for Starbucks, but according to the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer," the wholesale business was more significant. In September 2006, rival Diedrich Coffee announced that it would sell most of its company-owned retail stores to Starbucks. This sale included the company-owned locations of the Oregon-based Coffee People chain. Starbucks converted the Diedrich Coffee and Coffee People locations to Starbucks, although the Portland International Airport Coffee People locations were excluded from the sale. In August 2003, Starbucks opened its first store in South America in Lima, Peru. In 2007, the
Starbucks has been the target of multiple controversies. Starbucks chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, was born to a Jewish family. Despite this, during several calls to boycott, Starbucks stated that neither they nor Schultz personally support the Israeli Government or the Israeli Defence Force. Starbucks also reiterated that they did not close the Israeli locations due to political reasons, but due to market challenges. In 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2014 when fighting in Israel has worsened, there were several calls to boycott Starbucks for supporting Israel. These calls for boycott of Starbucks stores and products were also based on what has