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Don't buy preground coffee.

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Howard Schultz
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: July 19
Businessman
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
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Brooklyn
New York
Howard D. Schultz
Coffee

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I could've just walked away but I never could have forgiven myself to allow Starbucks to drift into mediocrity or not be relevant. I just couldn't be a bystander.
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We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.
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Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand.
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