Starbucks is a company.
Starbucks Corporation is an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain . Starbucks-brand coffee , ice cream , and bottled cold coffee drinks are also sold at grocery stores . Despite an initial economic downturn with its expansion into the Midwest and British Columbia in the late 1980s , the company experienced revitalized prosperity with its entry into California in the early 1990s . Johnson assumed the role of CEO on April 3 , 2017 .