Amanda Anguiano, Darrell Jones, Earnest Workmen Brenau University BA102 Introduction To Business Starbucks: The Coffee Shop Company Starbucks: The Coffee Company The Original Starbucks This report is on the Starbucks Coffee Shop Company. Starbucks was founded around 45 years ago in 1971. The first store was located at 2000 Western Avenue in Seattle, Washington until 1976, when it moved its operations to Pike Place Market, Seattle, Washington, U.S. where they began selling espresso coffee in 1986