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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000902664-23-005918
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231219

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STARBUCKS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000829224
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		IRS NUMBER:				911325671
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0927

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-20322
		FILM NUMBER:		231498275

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 34067
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98124-1067
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2064471575

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH
		CITY:			SEATTLE
		STATE:			WA
		ZIP:			98134

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Strategic Organizing Center
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002001721
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				203688367
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1900 L STREET, NW
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20036
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(202) 721-0660

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1900 L STREET, NW
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20036
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SCHEDULE 14A</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 22pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Starbucks Corporation</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Strategic Organizing Center</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Service Employees International Union</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Mary Kay Henry</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Ahmer Qadeer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael Zucker</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Joshua Gotbaum</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Maria Echaveste</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Wilma B. Liebman</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/107% Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if
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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">The Strategic Organizing Center may, from time to time, disseminate the
following statement or substantially similar statements to other investors of Starbucks Corporation:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">____________</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">As you are aware, <B>The Strategic Organizing Center (SOC)
</B>nominated three director candidates for election to the <B>Starbucks Corporation (ticker: SBUX)</B> Board of Directors at the <B>SBUX
2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders</B>.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">If you are interested in voting at the
SBUX Annual Meeting, you should contact your investment team to be sure you beneficially own shares on the <B>record date</B>, which SBUX
appears to have set for <B>January 5, 2024</B> &nbsp;(the &ldquo;Record Date&rdquo;) for the 2024 annual meeting currently scheduled for
March 13, 2024. &nbsp;If you own shares through a custodial account at a bank or broker, your custodian or broker may have loaned your
shares out in connection with a share lending agreement. You will not have the ability to vote at the SBUX Annual Meeting if your shares
are on loan.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">Ahead of the SBUX Record Date, you will
need to make sure your shares are held in your account in a &ldquo;votable&rdquo;, &ldquo;long&rdquo; position. If you learn from your
custodian bank/broker that your shares are on loan, you will need to instruct your custodian bank/broker to &ldquo;recall&rdquo; any of
your shares that may be out on loan through a securities lending program. This recall of your shares needs to be requested and completed
prior to the Record Date to retain the voting rights of your shares.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">Additionally, if your shares are controlled
by a third-party portfolio manager, the portfolio manager will need to instruct their custodian bank/broker to recall any shares that
may be out on loan as well.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">If you, your custodian, or third-party
portfolio manager has any questions about this process please call our information agent, <B>Okapi Partners LLC, at 212-297-0720</B> and
ask for Jeremy Provost or Bruce Goldfarb.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>IMPORTANT INFORMATION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/11.75pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0">The
SOC, the SEIU, Mary Kay Henry, Ahmer Qadeer, Michael Zucker, Maria Echaveste, Joshua Gotbaum, and Wilma B. Liebman (collectively, the
&ldquo;Participants&rdquo;) intend to file a definitive proxy statement and accompanying proxy card (the &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo;)
with the SEC to be used to solicit proxies in connection with the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;)
of Starbucks Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;). All shareholders of the Company are advised to read the Proxy Statement and other
documents related to the solicitation of proxies, each in connection with the Annual Meeting, by the Participants when they become available,
as they will contain important information, including additional information related to the Participants. The Proxy Statement and an accompanying
BLUE proxy card will be furnished to some or all of the Company&rsquo;s stockholders and will be, along with other relevant documents,
available at no charge on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; background-color: #FEFEFE">Information about the Participants and a description
of their direct or indirect interests by security holdings or otherwise is contained in Exhibit 1 to the Schedule 14A filed by the Participants
with the SEC on December 19, 2023. This document is available free of charge from the source described above.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt"><B>CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING THE PARTICIPANTS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/11.75pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: justify">The Strategic Organizing Center
(the &ldquo;SOC&rdquo;), the Service Employees International Union (the &ldquo;SEIU&rdquo;), Mary Kay Henry (&ldquo;Ms. Henry&rdquo;),
Ahmer Qadeer (&ldquo;Mr. Qadeer&rdquo;), Michael Zucker (&ldquo;Mr. Zucker&rdquo;), Maria Echaveste, Joshua Gotbaum, and Wilma B. Liebman
(each of the foregoing three individuals, the &quot;Nominees,&quot; and the Nominees together with the rest of the foregoing, collectively,
the &ldquo;Participants&rdquo;) intend to file a definitive proxy statement and accompanying proxy card (the &ldquo;Proxy Statement&rdquo;)
with the SEC to be used to solicit proxies in connection with the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (the &ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;)
of Starbucks Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;). All shareholders of the Company are advised to read the Proxy Statement and other
documents related to the solicitation of proxies, each in connection with the Annual Meeting, by the Participants when they become available,
as they will contain important information, including additional information related to the Participants. The Proxy Statement and an accompanying
BLUE proxy card will be furnished to some or all of the Company&rsquo;s stockholders and will be, along with other relevant documents,
available at no charge on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">The &ldquo;participants&rdquo; (as defined
under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) in the solicitation are anticipated to be the Participants listed above.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify"><I>Interests by Securities Holdings or
Otherwise</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">As of the date hereof, the SOC may be
deemed to &ldquo;beneficially own&rdquo; (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 161.627478 shares
of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;), of the Company. No other Participants beneficially
own any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">Each of the SOC and the SEIU may also
be deemed to have an indirect interest in the election of the Nominees to the extent that the election of one or more of the Nominees
could, as the SOC and SEIU believe, result in the Company better adhering to the National Labor Relations Act and other federal labor
laws with respect to employees who are attempting, or who may attempt, to obtain union representation, and result in the Company developing
enhanced human capital management practices that reflect a more sustainable approach to the relationship between the Company and its employees.
Ms. Henry currently serves as Chair of the Leadership Council of the SOC and International President of the SEIU, Mr. Qadeer serves as
Director of Strategic Initiatives at the SEIU, and Mr. Zucker serves as Executive Director of the SOC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">Each of the Nominees has an interest in
the election of directors at the Annual Meeting as a nominee standing for election to the board of directors of the Company.</P>


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