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Originally posted by PDXterra:

1) Starbucks doesn't offer franchises, they're all corporately-controlled.
That's only partially true.

There is a Starbucks in every Safeway out here - they are NOT run by Starbucks. They are not franchises, but are *licensed* by Starbucks.

(I know someone who is so into Starbucks, that they will not bother with these ones, as they are not "real" Starbucks.)
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