1/ Introduction
“Starbucks has become a status symbol to most people, especially college age
students, but more and more the main priority in people’s lives is just getting by and
paying bills on time” (Azriuddin et al., 2020)
According to Starbucks history, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, and Gordon Bowker
launched the first Starbucks in 1971. However, Starbucks was made popular by
Howard Schultz, who joined the company in 1982 as the president of marketing and
managed the retail business. Additionally, the name and the mermaid design were
inspired by Starbucks’ first headquarters in Seattle, Washington, in the center of Pike
Place Market. When they officially launched, it was only a single business recognized
for high-quality coffee and brewing supplies. Since that time, Starbucks has been
devoted to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest quality Arabica coffee in the
world. Today, with branches all over the world, the firm is the world’s leading roaster
and retailer of specialty coffee, Starbucks has a cultural strategy that aims to improve