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Hello Starbucks followers! Today I will be posting 5 facts about our favorite local coffee shop, Starbucks!
- Founded by 2 teachers and a writer who named it after Captain Ahab's first mate, Starbuck, from the book Moby-Dick, they considered it to be named after the Captain's ship: Pequod.
- There are over 17,133 Starbucks locations in 49 countries.
- About 5 new Starbucks open every day
- Starbucks serves more than 40 million customers a week
- Starbucks is based in Seattle, Washington, USA