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Course Title: Introduction to Business Enterprise

Course Number: MAN1030

Instructor: MS. HOWLETT

Starbucks buys and roasts premium whole bean coffees and markets them along with original, Italian espresso beverages, a mixture of pastries and other bakeries, and products of coffee and tools. All of those products reach the hands of the customers through its Starbucks operated retail stores. Starbucks do not offer any franchises for general public. All of its stores are company owned or joint ventured. Starbucks joint venture only if the market is not accessible to them without partnering up like university campuses.

Other then the Starbucks operated retail stores; the company offers whole bean coffees through big retails and supermarkets. Also, Starbucks makes and offers its customers bottled Frappuccino coffee drink and a line of high quality ice creams through its joint venture partnerships and presents a line of high quality teas created by its completely owned sister company which is Tazo Tea Company.

The Company's goal is to have its customers, stockholders and investors recognize Starbucks as the most established and appreciated brand in the word. In order to reach this objective, Starbucks needs to grow on so that the company can quickly increase the number of retail shops, produces its specialty sales and other operations. They also carefully come up with new product ideas and innovative new products.

As far as the competitors of Starbucks go in this aggressive coffee industry, other coffee sellers are keeping up with Starbucks by being innovative according to the needs of their customers and potential clients and protecting the environment as well as they can. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, for example, their headquarters are in Waterbury, VT. This