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A franchise-industry history reports that Starbucks grew as a non-franchise company, using company ownership and some licensing rather than early franchisees; it therefore provides no support for the claimed early-Starbucks franchise subsidy model. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Why Starbucks Won’t Franchise · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:9b4206583b0caa7de75c1b8955525e5309bcbfc0de2048432fbf564e90b6e6e8

The largest coffeehouse in the world does not grant franchises. ... Starbucks rapidly expanded from 1986 to 2000 ... While Starbucks doesn’t franchise, it does grant licenses for locations within hospitals, colleges and other businesses.