> three guys (they were teachers) from seattle who opened original starbucks in > 71 were inspired by peet's, they used to buy their coffee from peets after > they 'discovered' it on trip to bay area, so they knew alfred peet, starbucks > bought peet's in mid-80s, shortly thereafter, howard schultz - who once > worked at peet's - bought starbucks... michael hoover
so Starbuck's owns Peet's _and_ Seattle's Best? -- Jim Devine "History is not statistically significant" -- Lucien Foldes & Pauline Watson.
