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Independent business reporting says Starbucks does not franchise stores to individual owners and uses tightly controlled licenses, which conflicts with interpreting a hypothetical fifth Starbucks owner as a conventional franchise operator guaranteed success by the parent company. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Should I Buy a Starbucks Franchise? Costs and Comparisons · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:9d1cfc88e4b78addc4e6a785bc200428c3a7032b3ee5d987028553efa91e66b2

Starbucks does not franchise its stores to individual owners. Instead, the company maintains tight control over brand experience and only allows approved operators to run licensed Starbucks locations.