Question

how does starbucks coffee relate to choices- individuals, business, governments, or societies-make about scarcity and incentives?

how do these choices end up determining:
what (what goods and/or services are produced?)
how(factors of production-land, labor, capital, and/or entrepreneurship)
for whom these goods and services are produced?

how does starbucks products relate, effect, and determine these things?

Answer 1

Starbucks coffee is a coffee company

In 1983, Howard traveled to Italy and became captivated with Italian coffee bars and the romance of the coffee experience. He had a vision to bring the Italian coffeehouse tradition back to the United States. A place for conversation and a sense of community. A third place between work and home. He left Starbucks for a short period of time to start his own Il Giornale coffeehouses and returned in August 1987 to purchase Starbucks with the help of local investors.

Products

Starbucks offers a range of exceptional products that customers enjoy in our stores, at home, and on the go.

Coffee: More than 30 blends and single-origin premium coffees.

Handcrafted Beverages: Fresh-brewed coffee, hot and iced espresso beverages, Iced Coffee, Cold Brew, Nitro, Frappuccino® coffee and non-coffee blended beverages, Starbucks Refreshers® beverages, and Teavana® teas.

Merchandise: Coffee- and tea-brewing equipment, mugs and accessories, packaged goods, books and gifts.

Fresh Food: Baked pastries, cold and hot sandwiches, salads, salad and grain bowls, oatmeal, yogurt parfaits and fruit cups.

Consumer products available where groceries are sold

• Coffee and Tea: Whole bean and ground coffee (Starbucks and Seattle’s Best Coffee brands), Starbucks VIA® Instant, Starbucks espresso capsules available on the Nespresso and Nescafé Dolce Gusto systems, Starbucks® Coffee K-Cup® pods, Starbucks® and Teavana® Verismo® pods.
• Ready-to-Drink (RTD): Starbucks® bottled Frappuccino® coffee drinks, Starbucks Iced Latte, Single Serve Cold Brew, Doubleshot® Coffee Smoothies, Teavana Craft Iced Teas, Teavana Sparkling Craft Iced Teas, Starbucks Discoveries® chilled cup coffees, Starbucks Discoveries Iced Café Favorites®, Starbucks Iced Coffee, Starbucks Doubleshot® espresso drinks, Starbucks Doubleshot® Energy Coffee drinks; Starbucks Refreshers® beverages, Evolution Fresh™ bottled juices.

At Starbucks, we have always believed in the importance of building a great, enduring company that strikes a balance between profitability and a social conscience.

It started with our early travels to the places where our coffee is grown, understanding that our future is inextricably tied to the futures of farmers and their families. We nurtured personal relationships and built a global network of support to create a new way to produce coffee: one that is sustainable, transparent and good for people and the planet. As the threats of climate change have grown, we have been working to help coffee farms adapt and find innovative solutions in how we build and operate our stores, while reducing the environmental impact of our cups, straws and lids.

Our stores are often the heart of a neighborhood, and we strive to make each one a welcoming and inclusive Third Place. As we have grown, so too has our opportunity to make a positive impact, from alleviating hunger through our food donation program to making investments in local partnerships and coffee- and tea-origin communities through The Starbucks Foundation.

Stitching all these efforts together is a common thread – a green thread – one that is woven in the fabric of our company by the more than 300,000 men and women who proudly wear the green apron. We are dedicated to making our partners proud, providing pay equity and investing in their success. And we are working to hire veterans and military spouses, refugees, Opportunity Youth and those formerly incarcerated, and helping them build their futures once they are with us.

As it has been from the beginning, our purpose goes far beyond profit. We believe in the pursuit of doing good.