With annual revenues exceeding $10 billion and almost 17,000 coffee shops in 40 countries, Starbucks is for sure the largest coffee store network in the world.
On March 30, Starbucks celebrated its 40 anniversary and shows no signs of weakness.
The city with the highest concentration of Starbucks in the world is Santa Fe Springs in the U.S. state of California with 560 cafes on 25 miles (40 km). Starbucks has 137,000 employees worldwide.
As expected, the biggest coffee retailer is expanding in China as well. If the first store opened in 1999, there are now almost 400 throughout China, and the level of 1,000 cafes will be reached in 2015.
An average coffee customer at Starbucks visits, on average, six times a month the cafe network, while a loyal customer (about 20% of total customers) come here 16 times a month.
A Starbucks coffee has 320 milligrams of caffeine, almost four times more than a Red Bull.
American farthest point from a Starbucks is somewhere in Alaska, located 1,600 km away (1,000 miles).
With $300 million spent on health insurance for employees, Starbucks has higher costs on this than the cost of coffee supply.
Starbucks uses over 90 million gallons of milk and 2.3 billion paper cups a year.