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      • Disappointed, Schultz left Starbucks in 1985 to open a coffee bar chain of his own, Il Giornale, which quickly garnered success. Two years later, with the help of investors, Schultz purchased Starbucks, merging Il Giornale with the Seattle company.
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  2. Sep 23, 2020 · Rising through the ranks to become director of sales, in the early 1980s, Schultz noticed that he was selling more coffee makers to a small operation in Seattle, Washington, known then as the...

  3. Jun 25, 2018 · Howard Schultz leaves Starbucks briefly and founds Il Giornale, offering brewed coffee and espresso beverages made from Starbucks® beans. Il Giornale acquires Starbucks assets with the backing of local investors and the company begins its next chapter as a coffeehouse, and opens its first stores in Chicago and Vancouver, Canada.

  4. Schultz did not believe in franchising, and made a point of having Starbucks retain ownership of every domestic outlet. [28] Schultz's positioning of Starbucks as a social hub is widely seen as introducing the second wave of coffee culture in the U.S., particularly in Seattle.

  5. Dec 13, 2017 · In 1987, Schultz acquired the Starbucks' brand and 17 locations from its founders, who decided to focus their energy on Peet's. Then Schultz began planting the seeds for one of the most ambitious...

  6. Nov 4, 2022 · Strictly speaking, Schultz did not found Starbucks. The business had been located in Seattle’s Pike Place Market for a decade by the time the then coffee machine salesman stopped off for a...

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  7. Oct 4, 2017 · After a business trip to Milan inspired Schultz to bring the Italian coffeehouse tradition to the U.S., he left Starbucks in 1983 to start his own company, Il Giornale coffeehouses. Then, in 1987...

  8. Sep 18, 2020 · Schultz started as an employee at Starbucks in 1982, but he left to form his own specialty coffee shop, Il Giornale, in 1986. Not long after he left, the original founders of Starbucks, who...

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