... drawn into Starbucks and joined a year later A year later, in 1983, Howard traveled to Italy and became captivated with Italian coffee bars and the romance of the coffee experience He had a vision ... 2013) Starbucks also owns many subsidiaries such as: Ethos water, Evolution Fresh, Hear Music, La Boulange Bakery, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Tazo, Teavana, and Torrefazion Italia Why Starbucks can become ... Canada, 1,079 in Japan and 808 in United Kingdom Between 1987 and 2007, Starbucks opened on average two new stores every day Starbucks had been profitable as a local company in Seattle in the early...