America Quote by Howard Schultz

I didn't understand the culture and what Starbucks was really about. It wasn't a coffee shop. It was really a way of life... we…

— Alan Patricof

Before it became a ubiquitous part of urban life, Starbucks was, in most American cities, a radically new idea.

— Virginia Postrel

Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of power outlets,…

— Simon Sinek

Starbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for its coffee as its competitors do, and is very careful to help…

— Jared Diamond

California, in a sense, is almost Starbucks' largest country, with almost 3,000 stores.

— Howard Schultz

“The original Starbucks began in Pike Place Market (see p. 897) as a plain-Jane hole-in-the-wall coffee shop but, having awakened a coffee revolution, has…

— Patricia Schultz

...Seattle has unleashed this weird phenomenon on the world called the coffee shop. And the coffee shop, thanks to Starbucks, is the place where…

— Mark Driscoll

Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to…

— Naomi Klein

When I first discovered in the early 1980s the Italian espresso bars in my trip to Italy, the vision was to re-create that for…

— Howard Schultz

Starbucks being an extension of peoples home and work. The sense of community, human connection. That appears to be as relevant in Turkey, China,…

— Howard Schultz

While we are a coffee company at heart, Starbucks provides much more than the best cup of coffee—we offer a community gathering place where…

— Howard Schultz

Starbucks is rekindling America's love affair with coffee, bringing romance and fresh flavor back to the brew.

— Howard Schultz