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Schultz: Starbucks struggled and lost money in China for nearly a decade
“We struggled in China for almost a decade. Lost money. There was tremendous pressure inside the company of close China.”
Schultz did 100 Starbucks earnings calls as CEO, mostly unscripted
“I did a hundred quarterly conference calls as CEO. A hundred.
That's a lot of earnings prep, because each one of those has, what, two weeks before it of.
The truth is, the majority of those were no script.”
Schultz: Starbucks never had a negative comp month before 2008
“Never had a negative comp month in my history of the company.”
Schultz: Starbucks JV Partners Run Operations While Starbucks Controls Roasting and Design
“Starbucks is responsible for roasting the coffee, for all the recipes which are consistent with Starbucks worldwide, A co design of the store where we're designing the store with the JV or the licensed partner, and they control all the operations.”