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Howard Schultz joins the company.

We begin offering full health benefits to eligible full- and part-time employees.

LGBTQ+ partners meet informally, which will go on to become one of the company’s first Partner Networks.

The Starbucks Foundation is established to support youth literacy programs.

“Pour Your Heart Into It” releases and becomes a bestseller.

We partner with Magic Johnson Enterprises to found Urban Coffee Opportunities in underserved communities..

The CUP Fund launches for Starbucks partners facing financial crisis.

Our first Farmer Support Center opens, in San José, Costa Rica.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Kigali, Rwanda.

Our first two Community Stores open in Los Angeles and New York City.

Partners participate in the first annual Global Month of Service.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Mbeya, Tanzania.

Opens Farmer Support Centers in Manizales, Colombia and Yunnan, China.

We hold our first China Partner Family Forums in Beijing and Shanghai.

We commit to hiring 10,000 veterans and military spouses by November 2018.

We purchase our first coffee farm, Hacienda Alsacia near San José, Costa Rica.

The Pride flag atop our Seattle headquarters for the first time.

The first partners enroll in the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.

We host the first in a series of Partner Open Forums to discuss race relations in America.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

We commit to hiring 10,000 Opportunity Youth by 2018.

We open our first Military Family Stores.

We launch the Pathway to Admission program, expanding the Starbucks College Achievement Plan.

We set a new goal of 25,000 Starbucks College Achievement Plan graduates by 2025.

Reach milestone of 99% ethically sourced coffee.

Forms the Sustainable Coffee Challenge at the Paris climate meetings.

Opens Farmer Support Center in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

The FoodShare food donation program launches.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Chiapas, Mexico

Our first signing store opens, in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.

Our Community Store opens in Ferguson, Mo.

We broaden our health insurance options to include gender-affirming procedures for transgender partners.

The Starbucks Inclusion Academy program launches, and on-the-job training program for people with cognitive and physical disabilities.

We commit to hiring 10,000 refugees by 2022.

We commit to hiring 100,000 opportunity youth by 2020.

We commit to hiring 25,000 veterans and military spouses by 2025.

We commit to providing 100 million coffee trees to farmers by 2025.

We announce our goal to train 200,000 coffee farmers in sustainable growing practices by 2020.

We announce our goal of investing $50 million in financing for coffee farmers by 2020 through the Global Farmer Fund.

The Hacienda Alsacia Visitor Center opens to the public.

Howard Schultz leaves the company, becoming chairman emeritus.

Reaches goal of hiring 25,000 veterans and military spouses six years early, commits to hiring 5,000 more each year.

We transform mental health benefits, including new resources for U.S. partners.

Opens Farmer Support Center in Varginha, Brazil.