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Starbucks Corporate Office

Starbucks

The first Starbucks coffee shop was opened in Seattle, Washington, in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker, and Zev Siegl.

In 1988, current CEO Howard Schultz bought the small chain and expanded it quickly.

History

By 1992, there were 165 locations. The company went public the same year.

In 1996, the first non-US store was opened in Tokyo. A UK location was opened in 1998.

In 2003, Starbucks acquired Seattle’s Best Coffee, which brought the total number of locations to over 28,00 In 2017, the company had annual revenue of $22.368 billion yet in November of 2018, the company cut its workforce by 5%.

Starbucks acquired Seattle’s Best Coffee in 2012 for a mere $7 million when the company was being liquidated due to bankruptcy proceedings.

In early 2019, owner and CEO Howard Schultz stated that he was running for president in 2020 as an independent.

The company received criticism in early July 2019, after one barista in Tempe, Arizona, asked a group of police officers to move out of sight or leave entirely because a customer complained that they did not feel safe.

In mid-March 2020, Starbucks closed their dine-in locations and offers only drive-through or pick-up due to the coronavirus pandemic. It left a re-opening date open at this time.

There are currently more than 28,000 locations in 61 countries worldwide. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse in the world.

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Adobe Corporate Office

Adobe

Adobe then created a proprietary font format called Type 1.

In the mid 1980s, Adobe entered the consumer market with Adobe Illustrator. In 1989, their flagship product, Photoshop was released.

History

The company went public in 1986.

In 1992, Adobe acquired OCR Systems.

In 1993, Adobe introduced the PDF (Portable Document Format) filetype and Adobe Reader software.

In 2005, the company acquired its main competitor, Macromedia.

Today, Adobe has nearly 10,000 employees and several very popular computer programs including Photoshop, Illustrator, ColdFusion, Dreamweaver and Flash.

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Build A Bear Corporate Office

Build A Bear Workshop

Build-A-Bear Workshop was founded in 1997 by current CEO Maxine Clark. The first workshop was in the Saint Louis Galleria.

In 2006, the company acquired the Bear Factory, a London based business owned by Hamleys.

By 2007, there were over 400 stores and over 50 million bears had been sold.

History

The majority of Build A Bear workshops are located in shopping malls but the company has recently expanded to open some locations in MLB stadiums.

The company has recently partnered with other companies to produce special lines including Alvin and the Chipmunks, Wizards of Waverly Place and Shrek.

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Wawa Corporate Office

Wawa

Wawa began in 1803 as a dairy farm. George Wood imported cows and sold “sanitary” milk to school children, who used to become sick from raw milk. Wood had doctors “approve” his milk as safe, which convinced many parents to buy his milk for their families.

The company grew rapidly as demand for dairy products increased.

History

In the 1960s, consumers began to buy milk from grocery stores, so Wawa transitioned to a convenience store in order to sell their own milk. In 1964, Wood opened his first convenience store in Folsom, Pennsylvania.

By 1989, there were 400 Wawa stores.

In 2003, the company began to construct a new distribution center in Carney’s Point, NJ.

Wawa launched its own line of soda in 2007.

Wawa was among the first convenience stores to implement self-service computerized touch-screen menus for food orders, in an attempt to improve order accuracy.

Wawa provides surcharge-free ATMs, the result of a partnership with PNC Bank, which started this program back in 1985. The company implemented this program in stores in 1996. In 2010, Wawa surpassed 1 billion transactions under the PNC brand.

There are currently nearly 750 Wawa locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida.

In 2022, the company announced that it would be opening its first stores in Georgia by the end of 2024.

The name WaWa comes from the city where the corporate office is located. Wawa is the Ojibwe word for the Canadian Goose, which is the store symbol.

In September 2022, WaWa asked House candidate Matt Jenkins to stop using their goose logo as his campaign logo, stating that it was a copyright infringement.

WaWa maintains a corporate office in Wawa, Pennsylvania.

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Coca Cola Corporate Office

Coca Cola

Coca-Cola or Coke for short was originally developed as an alcoholic beverage by John Pemberton. When prohibition passed, Pemberton turned it into a non-alcoholic soft drink. Coke was first sold in 1886 and was touted to cure many health ailments.

By 1888, there were 3 versions of Coke for sale. The Coca-Cola Company was also formed this year by Asa Candler, Charley Pemberton (John’s son) and Woolfolk Walker.

Candler incorporated a 2nd Coca-Cola Company in 1892 after a series of ownership disputes. This is the company that remains today.

History

In 1894, Coke was first sold in bottles.

By 1935, Coke was a national icon. In 1955, cans of Coke were sold for the first time.

Today, Coca Cola produces a variety of Coke products and is one of the most recognized brands in the world.