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Starbucks
Starbucks was founded in 1971 in Seattle by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker, originally selling whole-bean coffee rather than prepared drinks, before Howard Schultz joined the company in 1982 and later purchased it, transforming Starbucks into the espresso-bar coffeehouse chain it's known as today. Schultz has said his vision for Starbucks was directly inspired by Italian espresso bar culture he encountered on a trip to Milan, and he built the company's identity around creating a comfortable "third place" between home and work where customers could linger over coffee. Starbucks grew into the largest coffeehouse chain in the world by store count, operating tens of thousands of locations globally, and the company pioneered numerous now-standard coffeehouse conventions, including its size naming system and mobile ordering technology that many competitors later adopted. Starbucks's combination of its founder's Italian espresso bar-inspired "third place" concept and its growth into the largest coffeehouse chain in the world has made it one of the most globally influential coffee companies in history.
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Costa Coffee
Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by Italian brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa, who initially operated as a wholesale coffee roaster supplying other coffee shops and caterers before opening their own retail coffeehouse locations across the United Kingdom. The company grew into the largest coffeehouse chain in the United Kingdom by store count, surpassing international competitors like Starbucks within the domestic UK market specifically, reflecting Costa's especially strong brand loyalty among British consumers. Coca-Cola acquired Costa Coffee in 2019 for approximately $5.1 billion, marking Coca-Cola's largest acquisition ever at the time and giving the beverage giant a significant physical retail coffeehouse presence to complement its existing bottled and canned beverage business. Costa Coffee's combination of its founding by Italian immigrant brothers and its landmark acquisition by Coca-Cola has made it one of the most commercially significant coffeehouse chains outside the United States.
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