Starbucks Gossip: Any interest in working at a Starbucks in Antarctica?

January 28, 2013

Any interest in working at a Starbucks in Antarctica?

Starbucks Gossip reader John L. writes:

"An interesting comment from Howard Schultz in [last week's] earnings conference call in which he referred to selling on '7 continents.' Don’t know if this is a clue about an undisclosed Antarctica location but it would be interesting to know what coffee sales have occurred there…

"You can find his comment at the 3:17 mark [of the conference call]."

* No, there is not a Starbucks in Antarctica
* There were 26,506 visitors to Antarctica in the 2011-'12 season

Jan 28, 2013 8:33:34 PM

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If NOAA ships have an account with Starbucks, then that might qualify. Seattle is home to at least one NOAA ship that travels yearly to Antartica to perform research. I do know that several deck officers for NOAA based in Seattle over the years were Starbucks coffee fans and would load up with pounds of beans for their crew before heading South. I can imagine with all the US Navy, academic research and other activity down there, that there may be at least one business or restaurant account holder stationed there that is getting coffee supplies from Starbucks.

Posted by: John | January 31, 2013 at 11:09 AM

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