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[ HQ : SEATTLE , USA ]

One of the world ’ s leading coffee chains , Starbucks boasts more than 25,000 stores across six continents . Having substantially increased its influence in China , the firm now operates over 3,500 branches in the country with plans to expand to 5,000 outlets by 2021 . In 2008 , Starbucks created a three-step supply chain transformation plan in a bid to realign and achieve significant success . It would reorganise and simplify its supply chain , cut costs and improve service while also to be more sustainable . This has subsequently led to Starbucks developing greener stores , rewarding customers that reuse cups , preserving water and reducing its environmental footprint .

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