I've never been to Starbucks, can you tell me what all of the hype is about?
I've been to Starbucks, but only for their hot chocolate. I know it was founded in Seattle in 1971.
Seattle, OK. I have visited there.  They are famous for their Pike Street market, where they have the flying fish.  do the fish really fly?
From what I've seen on the Food Network, they get tossed back and forth. Starbucks operations over 23K locations worldwide. That's amazing.
I haven't traveled worldwide.  I wonder how many cups of coffee Starbucks sells in a year?
I have no idea, but with all those stores I bet it's a ton of coffee.
Who started the company, and when did they start it?  Must have been in the 1800's to have that many locations.  I'm guessing it was because of the Alaska gold rush, a lot of the miners passed through Seattle.
The company started in 1971. Not sure who started it.
Wow, that recently!! Ghiradellli chocolate was satarted in Seattlle during the gold rush, a guy brought a boat load of chocolate and it sold out, so he decided to start a chocolate company in Seattle.  LOL the more you know.