Did Starbucks Copy Peets?

Starbucks bought out alfred peet and, for a time, Starbucks owns both Peet’s and Starbucks All Peet’s locations were, for a time, folded into Starbucks. Did Starbucks own Peets? In 1984, Jerry Baldwin, a Starbucks founder, bought Peet’s four locations from Sal Bonavita In 1987, Baldwin and his Starbucks co-investors sold Starbucks to focus on … Read more