Starbucks Corporation announced the opening of first Starbucks community store outside of the United States, in the Langsuan neighborhood of Bangkok, Thailand. As the company continues to accelerate growth in Southeast Asia, Thailand will play a critical role in that development and expansion.

Starbucks Corporation is on track to open its 1,000(th) store in Japan this summer and is looking forward to further elevating the unique and locally-relevant Starbucks Experience in the market, as the company looks beyond its 1,000(th) store milestone. The opening of the new Starbucks(R) Meguro store in Tokyo; its store design and experience has been inspired by the traditional Japanese 'Ichi-go ichi-e' service spirit (literal translation: one time, one meeting). Opened within the same building where the new Starbucks Coffee Japan Support Center is located, this store aims to highlight Starbucks mission - to inspire and nurture the human spirit, one person, one cup, one neighborhood at a time, and will serve to guide the company as it expands its store portfolio in Japan. The Starbucks(R) Meguro store is built to LEED(R) certified standards.

Starbucks Corporation and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. have signed an agreement that provides for the expansion of their successful partnership for the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and sale of Starbucks- and Tazo-branded single serve packs for use in GMCR's Keurig(R) single serve brewing systems globally. Starbucks and GMCR first entered into partnership in March 2011. Following a very successful product launch, Starbucks has shipped more than 850 million Starbucks(R) coffee K-Cup(R) packs. Today's announcement recognizes the tremendous success of the Starbucks and GMCR strategic relationship, and both companies' desire to broaden, deepen and significantly extend their partnership. The new, minimum five-year agreement announced a global single-serve coffee industry game changer. Under the new agreement, Starbucks will add brands and varietals to the already robust Starbucks(R) K-Cup(R) and Vue(R) pack portfolio of offerings for Keurig(R) single cup brewers, ultimately tripling the number of Starbucks(R) products and adding brands offered on the Keurig(R) platform. New brands will include Seattle's Best Coffee(R), Torrefazione Italia(R) coffee, Teavana(R) Teas, and Starbucks(R) Cocoa. The new agreement reinforces Starbucks position as the exclusive licensed super premium coffee brand on the Keurig(R) K-Cup(R) and Vue(R) platforms, and further extends the Keurig(R) system's position as the exclusive low-pressure single cup brewing system for fresh-brewed Starbucks(R) coffee, Tazo(R) tea and the aforementioned Starbucks brands. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.