[Dilbert San Diego]

They were just a local chain in Seattle for many years. If I recall correctly, they expanded greatly in the 1990s and early 2000s, both across America and internationally.

[Liz]

Biden niece and Obama employee w/ sensitive US govt information to peddle.
She is now a Starbuck's VP according to Linked in.

Biden’s niece Casey Owens - his sister’s child - aided and abetted Hunter’s influence peddling schemes which benefitted the Biden family's wealth accumulation.

Casey Owens official US govt trip to China was with Obama’s US Treasury delegation, "The US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue team," led by then-Treasury Secy Timothy Geithner.

During the visit, Owens was privy to sensitive US govt information WRT China's multi billion dollar sovereign wealth fund. Owens passed on the info to the opportunistic Hunter as a possible investment contact who soon followed up.

[jonrick46]

The idea of brewing coffee in an espresso machine came to Schultz when he visited Italy. I too enjoyed espresso coffee when in Naples. It was his idea to recreates those Italian coffee houses in Seattle. It was Bill Gates Sr that helped finance his first coffee house, still in business, at 1912 Pike Street in Seattle: