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April 27, 2012
Starbucks profit jumps 18%

Starbucks Corp.’s net income surged a better-than-expected 18% in its fiscal second quarter, as its store traffic increased in most parts of the world.

April 23, 2012
Starbucks to open on Disney properties

Starbucks Coffee Co. has announced a partnership to open a store inside each of the six Disney properties in California and Florida.

April 13, 2012
Gregory’s Coffee adds fifth location in Manhattan

Gregorys Coffee said it has executed a new lease at 874 6th Avenue (Between 31st and 32nd St.) in Herald Square, as part of the expansion efforts of the coffee shop chain throughout Manhattan.

April 2, 2012
Starbucks ramping up expansion in China

Starbucks Coffee Co. is planning to a major push into smaller cities in China, with a target of 1,500 stores in more than 70 Chinese cities by 2015, Bloomberg reported.

March 28, 2012
Study rates Starbucks as most socially engaged company

Starbucks Coffee Co. has been rated number one in a study of the most socially engaged companies by PhaseOne, a leading analytical-based research firm that helps companies to improve the quality, content and success rate of their marketing communication materials.

March 19, 2012
Starbucks opens its first Evolution Fresh juice bar

Starbucks Corp. opened its first-ever juice bar under its newest brand, Evolution Fresh.

February 15, 2012
Target and Starbucks team toward Canada expansion

Target Canada Co. and Starbucks Coffee Canada announced an agreement that will put Starbucks licensed stores inside most of the 125 to 135 stores that Target plans to open in the region.

January 30, 2012
Starbucks to enter India

Starbucks Coffee Corp. has entered into a joint venture with Tata Global Beverages Limited that will result in the opening of the first-ever Starbucks locations in India.

January 27, 2012
Starbucks Q1 profit up 10%

Starbucks Corp. reported that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 10% for the quarter ended Jan. 1, 2012.

January 23, 2012
Starbucks to sell alcohol in some locations

Starbucks Coffee Co. plans to sell beer, wine and more upscale food, including hot flatbreads and small plates, in a small number of its locations in Atlanta and Southern California by the end of this.

January 19, 2012
Starbucks moving closer to opening stores in India

Starbucks Corp. is closing in on its retail deal with India’s Tata Coffee Ltd., which makes and exports instant coffee and plantation coffee, Reuters reported.

December 2, 2011
Starbucks to create 5,000 U.K. jobs in next five years

Starbucks Coffee U.K. plans to create thousands of new jobs in the United Kingdom as it steps up its drive-thru program following three years of development and strong customer response to the convenience of Starbucks coffee on-the-go.

November 30, 2011
Starbucks’ Times Square location lights up with LEDs

Solid-state lighting figures prominently in Starbucks’ newly renovated Time Square flagship in New York City.

November 10, 2011
Starbucks buys juice company, plans to roll out new concept

Starbucks Corp. announced plans to reinvent the $1.6 billion premium juice market with its all-cash purchase of San Bernadino, Calif.-based Evolution Fresh for $30 million.

November 4, 2011
Starbucks Q4 profit soars 29%, same-store sales up 9%

Starbucks Corp.’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped nearly 29%, beating Wall Street estimates on strong sales around the globe.

October 26, 2011
Starbucks celebrates 500th store opening in Mainland China

Starbucks Coffee Co. celebrated the opening of its 500th location in China.

October 3, 2011
Starbucks starts fund to stimulate job creation

Starbucks Coffee Company is teaming up with the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) to launch a “Create Jobs for USA” fund.

September 19, 2011
Starbucks to expand in Latin America

Starbucks Coffee Co. plans to expand in Latin America after concentrating in recent past years more on Asia, founder and CEO Howard Schultz said at a presentation in Madrid, Bloomberg reported.

September 7, 2011
Report: Starbucks to triple stores in China by 2015; open 700 outlets in South Korea

Starbucks plans to triple the number of outlets it has in China during the next four years, the Associated Press reported.

September 1, 2011
Seattle’s Best Coffee opens 12 stores

Seattle's Best Coffee, which is owned by Starbucks, has opened 12 stores since April, bringing it to almost 100 locations in the United States and Canada.

August 22, 2011
Starbucks in settlement on overtime pay

Starbucks Corp. agreed to pay nearly $1.6 million to cafe managers and their lawyers to settle a dispute concerning overtime pay, the Associated Press reported.

July 29, 2011
Starbucks: Record Q3 prompts increased store openings

Starbucks Corp. reported Thursday that it scored record results in the quarter ended July 3, prompting the retailer to accelerate its 2012 new store opening targets to 800 net new stores globally.

June 15, 2011
Starbucks expands mobile payment options

Starbucks Corp. launched an application Wednesday that lets customers purchase goods with their Android smartphones.

June 2, 2011
Starbucks acquires full ownership of select stores in China

Starbucks Corp. announced it has acquired full ownership of Starbucks stores in the China provinces of Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hubei in an agreement with Maxim’s Caterers Ltd., the coffee company’s joint-venture partner.

May 31, 2011
Seattle’s Best objects to Borders’ request to end agreement

Seattle’s Best Coffee LLC, a division of Starbucks Corp., has asked a bankruptcy judge to reject Border Group’s request to end the companies’ licensing agreement.

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