History
Competition
Foreign Markets
Transformation
Miscellaneous
200

Who acquired Starbucks in 1987?

Howard Schultz

200

In 2003, Dunkin Donuts did this in order to compete with Starbuck’s in the speciality coffee market.

Fair Trade Certified

200

Where did Starbucks open its first store outside of North America?

Tokyo Japan, 1996

200

When Schultz returned as CEO, he decided himself and the company to these 2 things.

Innovation & Reinvention

200

This Starbucks program’s benefits included free beverages, refills, and custom extras to incentivize return loyal customers.

My Starbucks Rewards

400

What country’s expresso bars was the new Starbucks vision based on?

Italy

400

McDonald’s introduced this in order to compete in the specialty coffee market.

 McCafé

400

What is the name of Starbucks program that verifies coffee farms are following ethical labor standards?

CAFE (Coffee and Farmer Equity)

400

One strategic initiative to improve the current state in the Starbucks US market, was to reignite emotional attachment with this?

Starbucks Brand

400

This Starbucks program’s national rollout helped improve the “afternoon slowdown”.

Tread Receipt

600

What location was the original Starbuck’s store?

Pike Place Market

600

What is the name of one of Starbuck’s main competitor that was founded in 1992?

Caribou Coffee  

600

In what country was Starbucks forced to shut down operations due to international conflict?

Russia

600

The “Big Move” was apart of this agenda to turn Starbucks around.

Transformation Agenda

600

This website was launched to allow customers to  submit ideas on ways to improve Starbucks.

My Starbucks Idea

800

What year did Starbucks go public?

1992

800

By early 2007, this competitor had 136 stories in 6 states.

Peet's Coffe & Tea

800

In 2008, Starbucks international business accounted for ___ % of it’s total revenue.

20%

800

As part of the transformation, one of Starbuck’s “Big Moves” was to become a/an _____ sourcing leader

Ethical

800

This project ran into difficulty when attempts at scaling its production failed. Also known as “just-add-water-and-stir".  

JAWS

1000

Starbuck's mission statement is to inspire and nurture the _____ spirit.


Human 

1000

In 2007, the consumers preferred this competitors coffee over Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts.

McDonald's

1000

What is the “third place” experience that Starbucks hopes to develop deliver in China?

The "place” in between a customer’s home and work. "

1000

This product was launched to meet the goal of “creating innovative growth platforms worthy of Starbucks coffee”.  

Starbucks VIA Ready Brew

1000

 Originally, Starbucks used this high-quality coffee bean.

Arabica