Tag: Howard Schultz
Starbucks Promotes CFO to Group President
SEATTLE — Starbucks has promoted Troy Alstead, the CFO and chief administrative officer, to CFO and group president, Global Business Services. “Under Troy’s leadership...
Starbucks, Danone to Launch Yogurt Line by 2014
SEATTLE — Starbucks has partnered with Danone to develop a line of dairy products, which will fall under the chain’s Evolution Fresh brand.
“Starbucks is...
Starbucks Acquires Coffee Farm in Costa Rica
SEATTLE — Starbucks has purchased a 240-hectare Costa Rican farm, which will expand the company’s ethical sourcing program by providing a new farming research...
Starbucks Acquires Teavana
SEATTLE — Starbucks is beefing up its tea profile with the acquisition of Teavana Holdings. “We believe the tea category is ripe for reinvention...
Starbucks to Acquire Bakery for $100 Million
NEW YORK — Starbucks Corp. has announced plans to acquire San Francisco-based Bay Bread, LLC in a definitive agreement that would include the company’s...
Starbucks Appoints Former U.S. Secretary of Defense to Board
SEATTLE — Starbucks Corporation has appointed Robert Gates, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, to the company’s Board of Directors. “We are honoured and humbled...
Starbucks Acquires Evolution Fresh
SEATTLE — Starbucks Coffee Co. has announced the acquisition of the Calif.-based premium juice company Evolution Fresh Inc. “This is the first of many...
Week of Jan. 10, 2011
Wild Wing to Sue Buffalo Wild Wings Today, Aurora, Ont.-based Wild Wing Restaurants, operator of approximately 80 chicken wing units in Ontario...
Week of Dec. 13, 2010
Priszm Sells 232 Units for $46.4 Million Priszm Income Fund announced this morning, Dec. 13, that it is selling 232 restaurants in...
Week of Dec. 6, 2010
Industry Leaders Honoured at 2010 Pinnacle AwardsKostuch Publications Limited, publishers of the industry-leading magazines Foodservice and Hospitality and Hotelier, honoured the winners...
