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Section size for Starbucks (80 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	6,984	6,984	267	267
History	14	66,379	0	2,755
20th century	21	11,953	0	508
1970s	5,739	5,739	244	244
1980s	3,091	3,091	109	109
1990s	3,102	3,102	155	155
21st century	22	51,906	0	2,233
2000s	8,880	8,880	420	420
2010s	12,976	12,976	541	541
2020s	13,328	30,028	580	1,272
American unionization efforts	16,700	16,700	692	692
Economic summary	2,506	2,506	14	14
Products	86	38,450	3	1,491
Coffee cup sizes	597	597	0	0
Low calorie and sugar-free products	1,493	1,493	58	58
Non-dairy milk offerings	7,091	7,091	214	214
Ethos water	2,933	2,933	174	174
Instant coffee	1,407	1,407	105	105
Coffee makers and single-use capsules	3,107	3,107	128	128
Alcoholic drinks	1,908	1,908	88	88
Fruit juices, fruit beverages, and sodas	2,471	2,471	129	129
Functional beverages	2,864	2,864	54	54
Seasonal cups	647	647	17	17
Barrel-aged coffee	1,072	1,072	50	50
Oleato coffee	3,373	3,373	174	174
Starbucks card and loyalty program	3,711	3,711	143	143
Electricity and Wi-Fi	5,690	5,690	154	154
Locations	12,913	81,497	260	2,536
International expansion	33	58,453	0	1,905
Europe	13,973	13,973	436	436
Asia	20,669	20,669	574	574
Americas	15,108	15,108	628	628
Oceania	18	5,172	0	133
Australia	5,154	5,154	133	133
New Zealand	526	526	7	7
Africa	2,204	2,204	90	90
At sea	768	768	37	37
Licensed and franchise operations	663	663	78	78
Automation	1,836	1,836	61	61
Unbranded stores	3,848	3,848	149	149
Teavana	3,784	3,784	83	83
Corporate governance and identity	7,066	15,145	381	806
Ownership	701	701	24	24
Board of directors	886	886	0	0
Logo	6,492	6,492	401	401
Environmental and social policies	39	24,280	0	1,657
Environmental practices	2,664	2,664	256	256
Recycling	1,968	1,968	175	175
Phase out of single-use plastic straws	2,373	2,373	166	166
Reusable cups	2,751	2,751	154	154
Farmer equity practices	3,366	3,366	252	252
Fair trade	5,343	5,343	301	301
Food bank donations	2,364	2,364	163	163
Cage-free eggs	3,412	3,412	190	190
In popular culture	24	3,868	0	298
Hear Music	2,537	2,537	162	162
Upstanders	700	700	44	44
Films	607	607	92	92
Partnerships	20	11,926	0	838
Apple Inc.	1,976	1,976	192	192
MSNBC	1,363	1,363	91	91
Kraft Foods	2,017	2,017	131	131
Arizona State University	1,634	1,634	149	149
PepsiCo	367	367	19	19
Spotify	656	656	52	52
Disney	2,245	2,245	121	121
Uber Eats	757	757	28	28
Lyra Health Inc.	891	891	55	55
Reception	3,583	3,583	264	264
Criticisms and controversies	68	14,782	0	890
Response to Russian invasion of Ukraine	1,919	1,919	100	100
Racial controversies	5,936	5,936	372	372
Union busting	1,580	1,580	103	103
Pride/LGBTQ+	1,163	1,163	67	67
Boycott amidst the 2023 Gaza war	2,946	2,946	143	143
Other controversies	1,170	1,170	105	105
See also	172	172	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
Further reading	2,232	2,232	0	0
External links	1,635	1,635	0	0
Total	270,961	270,961	11,802	11,802

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Why does Serbia get removed from the locations map?

One thing I've noticed over time is that Serbia keeps getting removed from the map even though it on the list with 9 locations so far. Is this malicious or just ignorant? It gets coloured green and then it's white again, it's ongoing since Starbucks came to Serbia. Sremsky (talk) 11:52, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Starbucks had approximately 6 retail stores and was expanding its retail holdings. Howard Schultz had left the marketing position at Starbucks, traveled to Italy for “research and experience “ returning to Seattle to form a startup company with a string of coffee carts called IL Giornali. With financial backing he then proceeded to buy Starbucks. He did not move Starbucks from wholesale to retail. 2600:6C42:7800:5058:B47B:8C9F:B13C:7DE6 (talk) 23:33, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. meamemg (talk) 02:43, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: NAS 348 Global Climate Change

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 September 2025 and 8 December 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): ThoughtfulEditorX, Bellabluetrix (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by ThoughtfulEditorX (talk) 15:53, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2025 strike

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/14/starbucks-workers-union-largest-longest-strike-history/87274412007/ and more 3rd party atricles upon one google search TheT.N.T.BOOM! (talk) 13:27, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See 2025 Starbucks workers' strike. GeorgiaHuman (talk) 07:40, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NY courts settlement on mistreatment of employees

Was about a multimillion payment to employees. Still not mentioned here?

"Starbucks has agreed pay more than $35m (£26m) to thousands of workers in New York City, to settle the city's claims that the company denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily slashed their hours."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyx1ge9gg5o ~2025-38030-00 (talk) 12:54, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]