Exhibit 99.1
Starbucks Appoints Javier G. Teruel to Board of Directors
Seattle; September 22, 2005 — Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq: SBUX) announced today that Javier G.
Teruel, vice chairman of the Colgate Palmolive Company, was elected to the Company’s Board of
Directors on September 20. Additionally, Teruel will participate as a member of the audit
committee.
He joins 11 current board members: Barbara Bass, Howard Behar, William Bradley, Jim Donald, Mellody
Hobson, Olden Lee, Gregory Maffei, Howard Schultz, James Shennan, Jr., Myron Ullman, and Craig
Weatherup.
“We are pleased that Javier has accepted our invitation to join our Board of Directors,” said
Howard Schultz, chairman of the board of Starbucks. “With his extensive background, both
domestically and internationally, Javier will be a valuable contributor to the company as we
continue to grow and become locally relevant to consumers in every market we enter.”
Teruel, 55, has extensive experience in the consumer goods industry, serving as vice chairman of
Colgate-Palmolive Company since July 2004. After joining Colgate in Mexico in 1971, he advanced
through marketing and management positions in Latin America, later becoming vice president of Body
Care in Global Business Development in New York, and president and general manager of
Colgate-Mexico. Subsequently, Teruel served as president of Colgate-Europe, followed by chief
growth officer responsible for the company’s growth functions. Prior to being appointed to his
current position at Colgate-Palmolive, Teruel had most recently been executive vice president
responsible for Asia, Central Europe, Africa, and Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
Starbucks Corporation is the leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee in the world,
with more than 9,500 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and
the Pacific Rim. The Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee and the Starbucks
Experience while conducting its business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic
benefits for communities in which it does business. In addition to its retail operations, the
Company produces and sells bottled Frappuccino® coffee drinks, Starbucks DoubleShot® coffee drink,
and a line of superpremium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships. The Company’s brand
portfolio provides a wide variety of consumer
products — innovative superpremium Tazo® teas and
exceptional compact discs from Starbucks Hear Music™ enhance the Starbucks Experience through
best-of-class products. The Seattle’s Best Coffee® and Torrefazione Italia® Coffee brands enable
Starbucks to appeal to a broader consumer base by offering an alternative variety of coffee flavor
profiles.
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