Is Starbucks Owned By Nestle?

Is Starbucks Owned By Nestle?

Starbucks Corp. is an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain. Starbucks was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971. It is now the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 15,259 stores in 55 countries, including 11,066 in the United States, 1,204 in Canada, 965 in Japan, 707 in the United Kingdom, 516 in South Korea, 388 in Taiwan, 379 in France, 299 in Australia, and it is expanding in China and in Mexico. It is also the largest coffeehouse company in the world in terms of revenue and market value. Starbucks is named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville’s Moby-****. However, the company does not sell or serve whale meat..