Norway, Oslo: February 7, 2012 – Starbucks Coffee Company  (Nasdaq: SBUX) and its licensed partner, SSP, the leading dedicated operator of food and beverage brands in travel locations worldwide, will open Norway’s first  Starbucks Coffeehouse at Oslo Airport, arrivals this Thursday, February 9th.

“SSP Norway has looked forward to this day for a long time,” says Morten Solberg Nilsen, Managing Director SSP Norway.  “With a spacious and comfortable seating area, the new Starbucks coffeehouse will undoubtedly be a popular place for travelers to relax while enjoying their favorite coffee.  SSP and Starbucks have a shared passion for making customers feel at home. We are thrilled that with Starbucks we can bring another world-class brand to the airport which further strengthens our position as the food travel experts, offering an unrivaled portfolio of leading brands.”

The long awaited store will be located in arrivals at Oslo Airport and will be accessible to everyone going to the airport. It will offer customers the legendary Starbucks Experience, high-quality arabica coffee, and innovative products in an inviting and relaxed atmosphere.
 

KUNMING, China, February 06, 2012 - As part of its ongoing efforts to help elevate the coffee industry in China’s Yunnan Province, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) announced that it has signed an agreement to form a joint-venture company with Ai Ni Group, one of the province’s most established coffee operators and agricultural companies in Yunnan. The joint-venture company, which will be controlled by Starbucks, will purchase and export high-quality arabica Yunnan coffee beans, as well as operate dry mills in the province.
 

MUMBAI, India, January 30, 2012 - Tata Global Beverages Limited and Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) today announced a joint venture between the iconic international coffee brand and the 2nd largest branded tea company in the world. The 50/50 joint venture, named TATA Starbucks Limited, will own and operate Starbucks cafés which will be branded as Starbucks Coffee “A Tata Alliance.”

The retail stores will be developed in cities across the country, beginning with stores in Delhi and Mumbai in calendar 2012.
 

SEATTLE and SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR; Jan. 12, 2012 – On May of this year, Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX), together with joint-venture partner Corporación de Franquicias Americanas (CFA), will open the doors of the first Starbucks in Costa Rica. This first store will be located in San Jose.

Casablanca, Morocco; January 25, 2012 –Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) in partnership with Alshaya Morocco S.A.S, a subsidiary of M.H.Alshaya Co., the Middle East’s leading retailer, opened their first two stores in  Morocco on December 5, at  the Morocco Mall. A third store is planned to open in March on the Boulevard d’Anfa.

“Starbucks is excited to expand to  Morocco by bringing  its high-quality coffees and unique Starbucks Experience to customers in Casablanca,” said Jim Godfrey, vice president Public Affairs, Europe, Middle East and Africa. “We are thankful and humbled by the warm welcome we have received in Morocco Mall, and we look forward to opening our third store in the centre of Casablanca in March with our long term partner, Alshaya.”

Starbucks and Alshaya entered into a strategic partnership in 1999 and have since opened more than 500 stores throughout the Middle East and North Africa (including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, KSA, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar and the UAE,) Russia and Turkey employing nearly 5,000 partners. 
 

The store will be located in the Central Station of Gothenburg, adjacent to the former entrance facing Nordstan. This new location will offer local customers, commuters and travellers high-quality coffee, innovative products an inviting and relaxed atmosphere and the legendary Starbucks Experience.

The store boasts a comprehensive product offering, including 100% Fairtrade Certified espresso-based drinks, and freshly-brewed coffees, teas and specialty beverages. The range of food items offers a wide variety of breakfast, lunch and snack items like muffins and other pastries, sandwiches and desserts.
 

Milan/Seattle, January 2012 – Autogrill Group (Milan: AGL IM) and Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX), which started their co-operation in the United States in 1991, have extended their global partnership to develop new business in Europe.

Autogrill will start operating Starbucks stores at its select points of sale in France this year. The first stores will be located in Paris, in high-speed railway stations, a channel of strategic importance.   Later this year, two stores will open in Marseille Airport in Halls 1 and 4.

In the Netherlands, in the coming months, Autogrill will also introduce the Starbucks brand on motorways with the first openings in AC sites in De Meern and Meerkerk.

Autogrill currently operates around 370 Starbucks (352 in North America and 15 in Europe) with operations that generated revenues of more than US$450 million (over €340 million)2 in 2010.
 

SHANGHAI, December 08, 2011 - Riding on the momentum from the opening of its 500^th store in Mainland China in October, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) entered another five new Chinese cities: Langfang (Hebei Province), Zhengzhou (provincial capital of Henan Province), Harbin (provincial capital of Heilongjiang Province), Xiangtan (Hunan Province) and Zhoushan (Zhejiang Province). In the past year, Starbucks has successfully entered 13 new cities in Mainland China and the stores in these communities have been popular and well-accepted by local customers.
 

LONDON, November 30, 2011 - Starbucks Coffee U.K. (Nasdaq: SBUX) announced today its intent to create thousands of new jobs as it significantly steps up its drive-thru program following three years of development and strong customer response to the convenience of Starbucks coffee on-the-go.

The move will see 200 new drive-thru stores opened over the next five years and will establish Starbucks as the market leader in this area. Combined with openings of conventional stores over the same period, the company expects to create 5,000 new jobs.

The growth reflects the continuing trend for better coffee in the U.K., which means that customers now want the best coffee wherever they are, rather than just as a High Street treat.
 

SANTIAGO, Chile, November 17, 2011 - Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced the opening of its 500^th store in the Latin America region. The company’s newest store in this region is located in Santiago, Chile.