Starbucks
Hi!
Here at Starbucks we___ manufacture ___coffee. Not just coffee; we ___
specialize in____ making high quality coffee, and we go all over the
world to buy it. We ___ sell ____ the coffee in supermarkets and retailing
stores in the US and Canada. We have over 1000 café throughout the US;
many of them are located on the West Coast.
Our company __is based ___in Seattle—that’s where the head office is
and that’s where our first stores were. (Our first store __ was ___
established__ in 1930s in Seattle.)
Americans drink a lot of coffee. They are interested in___ quality ___ ,
and that’s why they drink our coffee. Our _ annual __ growth rate__for
this year are US$385 m, and we have an _____ sales _____ of more than
50%.
The __ president ___ of our company is Howard Schultz. Starbucks
_____ employs____ 10,000 people, 60% of them part-time. All
employees are shareholders in the company. That probably surprises you.
Mr. Schultz’s ____ philosophy ___ is this: the customer and the
employees both come first. If our people are happy, they make the _____
customers_______ happy.