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I don't know where they got there numbers rsdsharp May 2020 #1

Starbucks had 1000 outlets in the mid-70s??? TheRickles May 2020 #2

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1. I don't know where they got there numbers

Wed May 20, 2020, 02:26 PM

May 2020

but I don’t believe McDonalds has 1000 outlets in the mid 1940s. They didn’t start franchising until Kroc bought them in the mid 1950s.

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2. Starbucks had 1000 outlets in the mid-70s???

Wed May 20, 2020, 02:41 PM

May 2020

Wikipedia says: "By 1989, 46 stores existed across the Northwest and Midwest..."

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