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Consumer · #88 of 100
Starbucks
Runs coffee shops all over the world that sell coffee and drinks.
📖 Its story
In 1971, three friends who loved good coffee opened a little store at Pike Place Market in Seattle. At first they only sold coffee beans to take home. Later they started making drinks, and the idea spread across the planet.
💵 How it makes money
It sells coffee, drinks and food in its stores, and also packaged coffee in supermarkets.
🤯 Fun fact
Its name comes from Starbuck, a character in the novel Moby-Dick.
👍 The good part
Many customers visit often and use its app to order and pay.
⚠️ The risk
If the price of coffee goes way up or people spend less, it could sell less.
🧠 Did you get it?
Where does the name Starbucks come from?
Its stock
SBUX
on the Nasdaq stock exchange
$106.16
▼ 3.23% today
▲ 26.07% this year
In the game: 106.16 Monis per share (1 Moni = 1 dollar).
Price as of November 5 at 6:49 PM ET, delayed.
🗂️ Quick facts
- Founded in: 1971
- Founded by: Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker
- Home: Seattle, Washington, USA
🔎 How to find it on the stock market
- Search the internet for SBUX stock.
- You can also find it in your parents' investing app with the letters SBUX.
- Check how much one share costs and whether today it's green (went up) or red (went down).
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