ADVISORY/Starbucks Announces Annual Meeting of Shareholders

    Business Editors/Assignment Editors
    ADVISORY...For Wednesday, Feb. 9

    --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq:SBUX):

WHO: Starbucks Corporation

WHAT: Annual Meeting of Shareholders for fiscal year 2004

WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 9, 10 a.m. - approximately noon (doors open at 8 a.m.)

WHERE: McCaw Hall at the Seattle Center Mercer Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues Seattle, Washington

HIGHLIGHTS: Howard Schultz, chairman; Orin Smith, president and chief executive officer; Jim Donald, ceo designate, and other Starbucks senior leaders will highlight key results from fiscal year 2004 and share opportunities for fiscal year 2005 and beyond.

Once again, the Starbucks Corporation Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be a ticketed event. The program may also be enjoyed through a live webcast on Starbucks.com.

Meeting attendees will have the opportunity to sample Starbucks(R) espresso beverages and TAZO(R) Tea as well as Starbucks pastries. Samples of Starbucks newest beverage, Chantico drinking chocolate, will also be served.

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY:Starbucks executives will be available for interviews, which can be scheduled through Lara Wyss at 206-318-4620 or lwyss@starbucks.com.

B-ROLL: Meeting b-roll footage will be available for download at Event Downlink available from 9:30-9:45 p.m. EST on Wednesday, February 9 and 11:00-11:15 a.m. EST on Thursday, February 10 Satellite Coordinates: IA-5, Transponder 05 (C-Band), Downlink Frequency: 3800MHz Vertical, Audio: 6.20/6.80

BACKGROUND: Starbucks Corporation is the leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee in the world, with nearly 9,000 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee and the Starbucks Experience while conducting its business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic benefits for communities in which it does business. In addition to its retail operations, the Company produces and sells bottled Frappuccino(R) coffee drinks, Starbucks DoubleShot(R) coffee drink, and a line of superpremium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships. The Company's brand portfolio provides a wide variety of consumer products. Tazo Tea's line of innovative superpremium teas and Hear Music's exceptional compact discs enhance the Starbucks Experience through best-of-class products. The Seattle's Best Coffee(R) and Torrefazione Italia(R) Coffee brands enable Starbucks to appeal to a broader consumer base by offering an alternative variety of coffee flavor profiles.

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CONTACT: Starbucks Corporation Lara Wyss, 206-318-4620 lwyss@starbucks.com http://www.businesswire.com/cnn/sbux.shtml

KEYWORD: WASHINGTON INDUSTRY KEYWORD: FOODS/BEVERAGES RETAIL ADVISORY SOURCE: Starbucks Corporation

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