-- Posted by punkoverall at 5:08 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 can anyone tell me what kind of business starbucks is...i.e. partnership etc? what kind of structure?? thanks!! -- Posted by deadwood83 at 5:08 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 Empire... -- Posted by joncook at 5:08 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 nope no idea sorry -- Posted by MINDSETxINFECT at 5:09 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 franchise -- Posted by snowfish at 5:10 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 franchise I believe. -- Posted by Crims0n Tears at 5:12 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 Franchise owned. -- Posted by MzBabiiPrinzess at 5:12 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 franchise. haha I work there and am called a "partner" but that's because starbucks started having "bean stock" for full time employees so you sort of own part of it. -- Posted by cgman at 5:15 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 franchise. -- Posted by derailedjet at 5:18 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 You're all wrong! Starbucks does not franchise, as a matter of fact. Starbucks is a corporation. You can get more info here: http://finance.google.com/finance?q=starbucks -- Posted by MAYRAAKAKOOKIE at 5:27 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 Franchise -- Posted by AtomicCactus at 6:24 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 Publicly traded corporation. http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=SBUX&selected=SBUX -- Posted by espresso8097 at 7:15 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 Corporation -- Posted by obvious child at 8:40 pm on Feb. 11, 2007 derailedjet is the most correct person, but he's still wrong.     Starbucks does not franchise operations and has no plans to franchise in the foreseeable future. In North America, the majority of our stores are Company-operated. As an exception, Starbucks may enter into licensing arrangements with companies who provide access to real estate which would otherwise be unavailable such as airport locations, national grocery chains, major food services corporations, college and university campuses and hospitals http://www.starbucks.com.sg/moby/cms/aboutus/starbucks_business.html -- Posted by ajm51987 at 10:41 pm on Feb. 12, 2007 Coffee shop chains in general would not do well as a franchise. -- Posted by goodman at 3:43 am on Mar. 8, 2007 google it.