Photos: Highlights of Starbucks 2019 Annual Meeting
March 22, 2019 at 04:30 am EDT
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The first Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 1993 was just a small gathering in a downtown Seattle hotel conference room, with a slide presentation and stack of tri-fold brochures. On March 20, 2019, the event drew a crowd of thousands to WaMu Theater in downtown Seattle where guests could rake coffee in a simulated drying patio, immerse in video playing on screens from coffee farms and sample some of Starbucks latest beverages and food. Here is a visual summary of the event as captured by Starbucks Stories.
People line up during the Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday March 20, 2019 at WaMu Theater.Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks Stories
Coffee is ready for guests to scoop during the Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday March 20, 2019 at WaMu.Connor Surdi/Starbucks Stories
Raking is the method used to rotate coffee as it dries on patios in some coffee growing regions. Guests at the shareholders meeting were able to try their hand at turning the coffee.
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders featured Starbucks leaders offering updates on the business and future initiatives as well as goals, stories, films and, of course, a special musical guest.
A video opens the Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders in WaMu Theater.Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks Stories
Coffee tastings are a key feature of Starbucks meetings. This year, shareholders smelled, slurped and tasted Starbucks Pike Place® Roast during annual meeting. Here's what it took to serve coffee to thousands:
13 pouring stations
104 pounds of Starbucks Pike Place® Roast coffee
162 hawking trays
265 volunteers
2,608 short recyclable and compostable cups
Military members had front-row seats.Connor Surdi/Starbucks Stories
Kevin Johnson, Starbucks chief executive officer, speaks on stage.Lindsey Wasson/for Starbucks Stories
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson asks a question during the Q & A.John Edwards/for Starbucks Stories
Starbucks partners prepare to distribute thousands of cups of coffee.Connor Surdi/Starbucks Stories
Coffee is handed out to people for the coffee tasting.Joshua Trujillo/Starbucks Stories
Kevin Johnson serves coffee to military members seated in the front row.Lindsey Wasson/for Starbucks Stories
"She is one of the best lyrical storytellers in music today, a woman who combines her art with her personal mission."
-Kevin Johnson, introducing special musical guest Brandi Carlisle
Surprise guest musician and Western Washington resident Brandi Carlile performs during the Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders.Lindsey Wasson/for Starbucks Stories
Brandi Carlile tells the story behind one of her songs.John Edwards/for Starbucks Stories
Kevin Johnson thanks Brandi Carlile.Lindsey Wasson/for Starbucks Stories
Starbucks partners take to the stage as the meeting wraps up at WaMu Theater.Luanne Dietz/Starbucks Stories
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Starbucks Corporation specializes in owning and operating coffee shops. The group also develops a coffee roasting activity. Net sales break down by source of revenue as follows:
- sales within company-operated coffee shops (81.9%): as of October 1st, 2023, owned a network of 19,592 coffee shops under the Starbucks Coffee®, Teavana®, Ethos®, Starbucks Reserve® and Princi® brands;
- sales within licensed stores (12.5%): 18,446 licensed stores located primarily in the United States (6,701), Korea (1,870), Latin America (1,649) and the United Kingdom (911);
- other (5.6%): sales of coffee, beverages and food products for companies, hotels, hospitals, airlines, etc.
Net sales break down by family of products between beverages (60.3%), food (18.3%) and other (21.4%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (73.4%), China (8.6%) and other (18%).
STARBUCKS CORPORATION 
