Article: Starbucks Acquires Full Ownership of Starbucks Coffee France SAS.

Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX) announced that its subsidiaries, Starbucks Coffee EMEA and Starbucks Coffee International, Inc. have entered into an agreement with joint-venture partner, Sigla, S.A. (Grupo Vips) of Spain, to which Starbucks, through its subsidiaries, will assume 100 percent operating control of the Starbucks business in France, converting the market to a company-operated business. As part of the transaction, which is expected to close on Sept. 30, 2009, Grupo Vips will be a fully licensed partner with exclusive rights to operate Starbucks coffeehouses within the territories of Spain and Portugal. Prior to the execution of this agreement, Starbucks ...

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