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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Form 10-K

Commission File Number: 0-20322

Starbucks Corporation

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code): (206) 447-1575

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

      Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes þ          No o

      Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation of S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.     o

      The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, based upon the closing sale price of the Registrant’s Common Stock on December 16, 2002 as reported on the National Market tier of The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. was $6,451,558,299.

      As of December 16, 2002, there were 387,464,184 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

      Portions of the Registrant’s Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2002, have been incorporated by reference into Parts II and IV of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Portions of the definitive Proxy Statement for the Registrant’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 25, 2003 have been incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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STARBUCKS CORPORATION

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE PRIVATE SECURITIES

      Certain statements set forth in or incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including anticipated Company-operated and licensed store openings, planned capital expenditures, expected cash requirements and trends in or expectations regarding the Company’s operations, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on currently available operating, financial and competitive information and are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Actual future results and trends may differ materially depending on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, coffee and other raw materials prices and availability, successful execution of internal performance and expansion plans, the effect of slowing United States and international economies, the impact of competition, the effect of legal proceedings and other risks detailed herein.

PART I

Item 1.     Business

      Starbucks Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “Starbucks” or the “Company”) purchases and roasts high-quality whole bean coffees and sells them, along with fresh, rich-brewed coffees, Italian-style espresso beverages, cold blended beverages, a variety of pastries and confections, coffee-related accessories and equipment, a selection of premium teas and a line of compact discs primarily through Company-operated retail stores. Starbucks sells coffee and tea products through other channels of distribution, and, through certain of its equity investees, Starbucks also produces and sells bottled Frappuccino® and Starbucks DoubleShot^TM coffee drinks and a line of premium ice creams. These non-retail channels are collectively known as “Specialty Operations.” The Company’s objective is to establish Starbucks as the most recognized and respected brand in the world. To achieve this goal, the Company plans to continue rapid expansion of its retail operations, grow its Specialty Operations and selectively pursue other opportunities to leverage the Starbucks brand through the introduction of new products and the development of new distribution channels.

Company-operated Retail Stores

      The Company’s retail goal is to become the leading retailer and brand of coffee in each of its target markets by selling the finest quality coffee and related products and by providing superior customer service, thereby building a high degree of customer loyalty. Starbucks strategy for expanding its retail business is to increase its market share in existing markets and to open stores in new markets where the opportunity exists to become the leading specialty coffee retailer. In support of this strategy, Starbucks opened 614 new Company-operated stores during the fiscal year ended September 29, 2002 (“fiscal 2002”). All store openings are reported net of closures. At fiscal year end, Starbucks had 3,496 Company-operated stores in 43 states, the District of Columbia and five Canadian provinces (which comprise the Company’s North American Retail operating segment), as well as 322 stores in the United Kingdom, 33 stores in Australia and 29 stores in Thailand (which comprise the Company’s International Retail business unit). Company-operated retail stores accounted for approximately 85% of net revenues during fiscal 2002.

      Starbucks retail stores are typically located in high-traffic, high-visibility locations. Because the Company can vary the size and format, its stores are located in a variety of settings, including downtown and suburban retail centers, office buildings and university campuses. While the Company selectively locates stores in suburban malls, it focuses on stores that have convenient access for pedestrians and drivers.

      All Starbucks stores offer a choice of regular and decaffeinated coffee beverages, including at least one “coffee of the day,” a broad selection of Italian-style espresso beverages, cold blended beverages, a selection of teas and distinctively packaged roasted whole bean coffees. Starbucks stores also offer a selection of fresh pastries and other food items, sodas, juices, coffee-making equipment and accessories, a selection of compact discs, games and seasonal novelty items. Each Starbucks store varies its product mix depending upon the size of the store and its location. Larger stores carry a broad selection of the Company’s whole bean coffees in various sizes and types of packaging, as well as an assortment of coffee and espresso-making equipment and

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Specialty Operations

      Starbucks Specialty Operations strive to develop the Starbucks brand outside the Company-operated retail store environment through a number of channels. Starbucks strategy is to reach customers where they work, travel, shop and dine by establishing relationships with prominent third parties that share the Company’s values and commitment to quality. These relationships take various forms, including arrangements through Business Alliances, international retail store licensing agreements, grocery channel licensing agreements, warehouse club accounts, interactive operations, equity investees and other initiatives related to the Company’s core businesses. In certain situations, Starbucks has an equity ownership interest in licensee operations. During fiscal 2002, specialty revenues (which include royalties and fees from licensees as well as product sales derived from Specialty Operations) accounted for approximately 15% of the Company’s net revenues.

      North American Foodservice Accounts and North American Retail Store Licensing together comprise the Business Alliances operating segment and represents approximately 45% of specialty revenues.

      The Company sells whole bean and ground coffees to office coffee distributors, hotels, airlines, retailers and restaurants as well as institutional foodservice companies that service business, industry, education and healthcare accounts. In fiscal 2002, the Company had approximately 5,600 foodservice accounts, and revenues from these accounts comprised approximately 27% of specialty revenues.

      Although the Company does not generally relinquish operational control of its retail stores in North America, in situations in which a master concessionaire or another company controls or can provide improved access to desirable retail space, the Company licenses its operations. As part of these arrangements, Starbucks receives license fees and royalties and sells coffee and related products for resale in the licensed locations. Employees working in the licensed locations must follow Starbucks detailed store-operating procedures and attend training classes similar to those given to Starbucks store managers and employees. During fiscal 2002, Starbucks opened 269 licensed retail stores. As of September 29, 2002, the Company had 1,078 licensed stores in continental North America. Revenues from these stores accounted for approximately 18% of specialty revenues in fiscal 2002.

      The remainder of the Company’s business units include international retail store licensing, grocery channel licensing, warehouse club accounts, interactive operations, equity investees and other initiatives. These business units comprised approximately 55% of specialty revenues in fiscal 2002.

      The Company’s retail stores located outside of North America, the United Kingdom, Thailand and Australia are operated through a number of licensing arrangements with prominent retailers. During fiscal 2002, Starbucks expanded its international presence by opening 294 new international licensed stores, including the first stores in Austria, Oman, Spain, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Greece. Licensing arrangements are managed within three operating regions, based primarily on geography.

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      At fiscal year end, the Company had a total of 928 licensed international retail stores located in the following operating regions:

      Product sales to, and royalty and license fee revenues from, licensed international retail stores accounted for approximately 17% of specialty revenues in fiscal 2002.

      Starbucks has a licensing agreement with Kraft Foods, Inc. (“Kraft”) to market and distribute Starbucks whole bean and ground coffees in the grocery channel in the United States. Pursuant to that agreement, Kraft manages all distribution, marketing, advertising and promotions for Starbucks whole bean and ground coffee in grocery and mass merchandise stores and pays a royalty to Starbucks based on a percentage of total net sales. By the end of fiscal 2002, the Company’s whole bean and ground coffees were available throughout the United States in approximately 18,000 supermarkets. Revenues from the grocery channel accounted for approximately 13% of specialty revenues in fiscal 2002.

      The Company sells whole bean and ground coffees to warehouse club chains in North America. As part of its agreement with Starbucks to market and distribute to the grocery channel, Kraft distributes Starbucks products to warehouse club stores, for which the Company pays a distribution fee. Revenues from warehouse club accounts represented approximately 13% of specialty revenues in fiscal 2002.

      The Company makes Starbucks coffee and coffee-related products conveniently available via mail order and online. The Company maintains a web site at Starbucks.com with an online store that allows customers to purchase coffee, gifts and other items via the Internet. Starbucks also publishes and distributes a catalog of business gifts that offer coffees, certain food items and select coffee-making equipment and accessories. Additionally, Starbucks offers customers high-speed wireless Internet access at approximately 1,650 enabled Company-operated retail stores.

      Management believes these interactive operations support its retail store expansion into new markets and reinforce brand recognition and the Starbucks Experience for customers in existing markets. The Company’s interactive operations accounted for approximately 7% of specialty revenues in fiscal 2002.

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      The Company has two partnerships to produce and distribute Starbucks branded products. The North American Coffee Partnership with the Pepsi-Cola Company develops and distributes bottled Frappuccino and Starbucks DoubleShot coffee drinks. The Starbucks Ice Cream Partnership with Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. develops and distributes premium ice creams. Starbucks sells roasted coffee for use by equity investees, and these revenues accounted for approximately 2% of specialty revenues in fiscal 2002.

      The Company has several other initiatives related to its core businesses that are intended to enhance the customers’ experience at Starbucks retail stores. For example, the Company has marketed a selection of premium tea products since the acquisition of Tazo, L.L.C. in 1999. Collectively, these initiatives accounted for approximately 3% of specialty revenues in fiscal 2002.

Product Supply

      Starbucks is committed to selling only the finest whole bean coffees and coffee beverages. To ensure compliance with its rigorous coffee standards, Starbucks controls its coffee purchasing, roasting and packaging, and the distribution of coffee to its retail stores. The Company purchases green coffee beans from coffee-producing regions around the world and custom roasts them to its exacting standards for its many blends and single origin coffees.

      The supply and price of coffee are subject to significant volatility. Although most coffee trades in the commodity market, coffee of the quality sought by the Company tends to trade on a negotiated basis at a substantial premium above commodity coffee prices, depending upon the supply and demand at the time of purchase. Supply and price can be affected by multiple factors in the producing countries, including weather, political and economic conditions. In addition, green coffee prices have been affected in the past, and may be affected in the future, by the actions of certain organizations and associations that have historically attempted to influence prices of green coffee through agreements establishing export quotas or restricting coffee supplies.

      The Company depends upon its relationships with coffee producers, outside trading companies and exporters for its supply of green coffee. World coffee prices reached historic lows during fiscal 2002. In an effort to encourage the continuing supply of high quality coffee, the Company is negotiating contracts with its suppliers at levels equal to prior years, and has been successful in securing long-term contracts on this basis. The Company routinely enters into fixed-price purchase commitments for future deliveries of coffee. As of September 29, 2002, the Company had $242.2 million in fixed-price purchase commitments which, together with existing inventory, are expected to provide an adequate supply of green coffee for 2003. The Company believes, based on relationships established with its suppliers in the past, that the risk of non-delivery on such purchase commitments is low. There can be no assurance that these activities will successfully protect the Company against the risks of higher coffee prices or that such activities will not result in the Company having to pay substantially more for its coffee supply than it would have been required to pay absent such activities.

      In addition to coffee, the Company also purchases significant amounts of dairy products to support the needs of its retail stores. Fluid milk is purchased from multiple suppliers who have processing facilities near concentrations of Starbucks retail stores. Dairy prices vary throughout the year as supply and demand fluctuate and are subject to additional changes due to government regulations.

      The Company also purchases a broad range of paper and plastic products, such as paper cups, plastic cold cups, hot cup lids, napkins, straws, shopping bags and corrugated paper boxes from several companies to support the needs of its retail stores as well as its manufacturing and distribution operations. The cost of these materials are somewhat dependent upon commodity paper and plastic resin costs, but the Company believes it mitigates the effect of short-term raw material price increases through strategic relationships with key suppliers.

      Products other than whole bean coffees and coffee beverages sold in Starbucks retail stores are obtained through a number of different channels. Beverage ingredients other than coffee and milk are purchased from several specialty manufacturers, usually pursuant to long-term supply contracts. Specialty foods, such as fresh pastries and lunch items, are generally purchased from both regional and local sources based on quality and

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Competition

      The Company’s primary competitors for coffee beverage sales are restaurants, coffee shops, and street carts. In almost all markets in which the Company does business, there are numerous competitors in the specialty coffee beverage business, and management expects this situation to continue. Although competition in the beverage market is currently fragmented, a major competitor with substantially greater financial, marketing and operating resources than the Company could enter this market at any time and compete directly against the Company.

      The Company’s whole bean coffees compete directly against specialty coffees sold at retail through supermarkets, specialty retailers and a growing number of specialty coffee stores. Both the Company’s whole bean coffees and its coffee beverages compete indirectly against all other coffees on the market. The Company believes that its customers choose among retailers primarily on the basis of product quality, service and convenience, and, to a lesser extent, on price.

      Management believes that supermarkets are the most competitive distribution channel for specialty whole bean coffee, in part because supermarkets offer customers a variety of choices without having to make a separate trip to a specialty coffee store. A number of nationwide coffee manufacturers are distributing premium coffee products in supermarkets that may serve as substitutes for the Company’s coffees. Regional specialty coffee companies also sell whole bean coffees in supermarkets.

      In addition to the competition generated by supermarket sales of coffee, Starbucks competes for whole bean coffee sales with franchise operators and independent specialty coffee stores. In virtually every major metropolitan area where Starbucks operates and expects to expand, there are local or regional competitors with substantial market presence in the specialty coffee business. Starbucks Specialty Operations also face significant competition from established wholesale and mail order suppliers, some of whom have greater financial and marketing resources than the Company.

      In addition, the Company faces intense competition from both restaurants and other specialty retailers for suitable sites for new stores and qualified personnel to operate both new and existing stores. There can be no assurance that Starbucks will be able to continue to secure adequate sites at acceptable rent levels or that the Company will be able to attract a sufficient number of qualified workers.

Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Domain Names

      The Company owns and/or has applied to register numerous trademarks and service marks in the United States, Canada and in more than 125 additional countries throughout the world. Rights to the trademarks and service marks in the United States are generally held by Starbucks U.S. Brands Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and are used by the Company under license. Some of the Company’s trademarks, including “Starbucks,” the Starbucks logo and “Frappuccino,” are of material importance to the Company. The duration of trademark registrations varies from country to country. However, trademarks are generally valid and may be renewed indefinitely as long as they are in use and/or their registrations are properly maintained, and they have not been found to have become generic.

      The Company also owns numerous copyrights for its product packaging, promotional materials, in-store graphics and training materials, among other things. The Company also holds patents on certain products, systems and designs. In addition, the Company has registered and maintains numerous Internet domain names, including “Starbucks.com” and “Starbucks.net.” While valuable, individual copyrights, patents and domain names currently held by the Company are not viewed as material to the Company’s business.

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Research and Development

      The Company’s research and development efforts are led by food scientists, engineers, chemists and culinarians in the Research and Development department. This team is responsible for the technical development of food and beverage products and new equipment. Recent development efforts have resulted in successful flavor line extensions for latte beverages, coffee and non-coffee based Frappuccino blended beverages and new items for the Company’s morning pastry and lunch lines. The department also introduced improvements in base ingredients and approved a new supplier to aid in the distribution of products to international markets and formulation changes to tea-based beverages. The Company spent approximately $3.6 million during fiscal 2002 on technical research and development activities, in addition to customary product testing and product and process improvements in all areas of the Company’s business.

Seasonality and Quarterly Results

      The Company’s business is subject to seasonal fluctuations. Significant portions of the Company’s net revenues and profits are realized during the first quarter of the Company’s fiscal year that includes the December holiday season. In addition, quarterly results are affected by the timing of the opening of new stores, and the Company’s rapid growth may conceal the impact of other seasonal influences. Because of the seasonality of the Company’s business, results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full fiscal year.

Employees

      As of September 29, 2002, the Company employed approximately 62,000 people, approximately 57,000 in retail stores and the remainder in the Company’s regional offices and administrative, specialty, store development, roasting and warehousing operations. At fiscal year end, employees at 10 of the Company’s stores and a group of 11 maintenance mechanics and technicians at one roasting plant were represented by unions. The Company believes that its current relations with its employees are good.

      Starbucks currently operates three roasting and distribution facilities. In the Seattle area, the Company owns a roasting plant and distribution facility of approximately 305,000 square feet and leases a warehouse facility of approximately 200,000 square feet in Kent, Washington. The Company also owns a 365,000 square foot roasting and distribution facility and a 297,000 square foot green coffee bean storage warehouse in York County, Pennsylvania. Starbucks presently leases a small roasting and storage facility in London, England to support its operations in Europe and the Middle East. The Company is nearing completion of a 70,000 square foot roasting plant in The Netherlands, and will relocate its European roasting facilities there during fiscal 2003. To support its growth, the Company acquired 100 acres of land in Minden, Nevada and has recently completed construction on a 360,000 square foot roasting and distribution facility.

      The Company leases approximately 760,000 square feet of a building located in Seattle, Washington for administrative offices and has options to lease approximately 240,000 additional square feet in the same building. The Company owns 2.36 acres of undeveloped land near its administrative offices that is used for parking.

      As of September 29, 2002, Starbucks operated a total of 5,886 retail stores. All Starbucks stores are located in leased premises. The Company also leases space in approximately 90 additional locations for regional, district and other administrative offices, training facilities and storage, not including certain seasonal retail storage locations.

      On June 20, 2001, and July 2, 2001, two purported class action lawsuits against the Company entitled James Carr, et al. v. Starbucks Corporation and Olivia Shields, et al. v. Starbucks Corporation were filed in the Superior Courts of California, Alameda and Los Angeles Counties, respectively. On April 19, 2002,

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      In addition to the California lawsuits described above, the Company is party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business, but it is not currently a party to any legal proceeding that management believes would have a material adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

      No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2002.

PART II

      The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the section entitled “Shareholder Information” in the Company’s Fiscal 2002 Annual Report to Shareholders, and is also attached in Exhibit 13 hereto.

      The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the section entitled “Selected Financial Data” in the Company’s Fiscal 2002 Annual Report to Shareholders, and is also attached in Exhibit 13 hereto.

      The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s Fiscal 2002 Annual Report to Shareholders, and is also attached in Exhibit 13 hereto.

      The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Coffee Prices, Availability and General Risk Conditions” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Financial Risk Management” in the Company’s Fiscal 2002 Annual Report to Shareholders, and is also attached in Exhibit 13 hereto.

      The information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto in the Company’s Fiscal 2002 Annual Report to Shareholders, and is also attached in Exhibit 13 hereto.

      None.

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PART III

      Information concerning the directors of the Company and compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is incorporated herein by reference to the sections entitled “Proposal 1 — Election of Directors” and “Executive Compensation — Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 25, 2003 (the “Proxy Statement”). The Company intends to file the Proxy Statement within 120 days after the end of its fiscal year.

      The executive officers of the Company are as follows:

      Howard Schultz is the founder of the Company and has been chairman of the board since its inception in 1985. Mr. Schultz served as chief executive officer from 1985 until June 2000, when he transitioned into the role of chief global strategist. From 1985 to June 1994, Mr. Schultz was also the Company’s president. From September 1982 to December 1985, Mr. Schultz was the director of Retail Operations and Marketing for Starbucks Coffee Company, and from January 1986 to July 1987, he was the chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of Il Giornale Coffee Company, a predecessor to the Company.

      Orin C. Smith joined the Company in 1990 and has served as president and chief executive officer of the Company since June 2000. From June 1994 to June 2000, Mr. Smith served as the Company’s president and chief operating officer. Prior to June 1994, Mr. Smith served as the Company’s vice president and chief financial officer and later, as its executive vice president and chief financial officer.

      Howard Behar joined the Company in August 1989 as vice president, Retail Stores and was promoted to senior vice president, Retail Operations in January 1991. Mr. Behar served as the Company’s executive vice president, Sales and Operations from February 1993 until June 1994 when he became president, Starbucks Coffee International, Inc., a position he held until his retirement in late 1999. Mr. Behar rejoined the Company in September 2001 as president, North American Operations. Mr. Behar has served as a member of the Board of Directors since January 1996.

      Peter Maslen joined Starbucks in August 1999 as president, Starbucks Coffee International, Inc. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Maslen served in various executive positions within Asia Pacific and Europe with Mars Inc., PepsiCo, Inc. and Tricon Global Restaurants (now YUM! Brands, Inc.). From 1992 to 1999, as senior vice president with Tricon, he served as president of its German, Swiss, Austrian and Central Europe divisions.

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      Michael Casey joined Starbucks in August 1995 as senior vice president and chief financial officer and was promoted to executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer in September 1997. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Casey served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Family Restaurants, Inc. from its inception in 1986. During his tenure there, he also served as a director from 1986 to 1993, and as president and chief executive officer of its El Torito Restaurants, Inc. subsidiary from 1988 to 1993.

      Eduardo R. (Ted) Garcia joined Starbucks in April 1995 as senior vice president, Supply Chain Operations and was promoted to executive vice president, Supply Chain and Coffee Operations in September 1997. From May 1993 to April 1995, Mr. Garcia was an executive for Gemini Consulting. From January 1990 until May 1993, he was the vice president of Operations Strategy for Grand Metropolitan PLC, Food Sector.

      Paula E. Boggs joined Starbucks in September 2002 as executive vice president, general counsel and secretary. Prior to joining Starbucks, Ms. Boggs served as vice president, legal, for products, operations and information technology at Dell Computer Corporation from 1997 to 2002. From 1995 to 1997, Ms. Boggs was a partner with Preston Gates & Ellis. Ms. Boggs served in several roles at the Pentagon, White House and U.S. Department of Justice between 1984 and 1995.

      Dave Pace joined Starbucks in July 2002 as executive vice president of Partner Resources. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Pace was the president of i2 Technologies. From 1999 to 2000 Mr. Pace served as the chief human resources officer for HomeGrocer.com. From 1995 to 1999, he served as senior vice president of human resources for Tricon Restaurants International (now YUM! Brands, Inc.).

      Deidra Wager joined Starbucks in 1992 and served as the Company’s senior vice president, Retail Operations from August 1993 to September 1997 when she was promoted to executive vice president, Retail. In March 1999, Ms. Wager moved to Tokyo, Japan where she serves as chief retail officer for Starbucks Coffee Japan, Ltd. and serves on the Board of Directors. From 1988 to 1992, Ms. Wager held several operations positions with Taco Bell®, Inc.

      Wanda Herndon joined Starbucks in July 1995 as vice president, Communications and Public Affairs and was promoted to senior vice president, Communications and Public Affairs (now known as Worldwide Public Affairs) in November 1996. From February 1990 to June 1995, Ms. Herndon held several communications management positions at DuPont Company. From November 1978 to February 1990, Ms. Herndon held several public affairs and marketing communications positions at The Dow Chemical Company.

      There are no family relationships between any directors or executive officers of the Company.

      The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the section entitled “Executive Compensation” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March 25, 2003.

      The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the sections entitled “Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock” and “Equity Compensation Plans” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March 25, 2003.

      The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the section entitled “Executive Compensation — Certain Transactions” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March 25, 2003.

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      (a)     Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

      The Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) within 90 days of the filing date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on the evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

      (b)     Changes in internal controls

      There were no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, nor were there any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation. As a result, no corrective actions were required or undertaken.

PART IV

      (a)     The following documents are filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

1.     Financial Statements

      The following financial statements are incorporated by reference in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

	•	Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the fiscal years ended September 29, 2002, September 30, 2001, and October 1, 2000;
	•	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 29, 2002, and September 30, 2001;
	•	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended September 29, 2002, September 30, 2001, and October 1, 2000;
	•	Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the fiscal years ended September 29, 2002, September 30, 2001, and October 1, 2000;
	•	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements; and
	•	Independent Auditors’ Report

2.     Financial Statement Schedules

      Financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not required or are not applicable, or the required information is provided in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto described in Item 15(a)(1) above.

3.     Exhibits

      The Exhibits listed in the Index to Exhibits, which appears immediately following the signature page and is incorporated herein by reference, are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

      (b)     Reports on Form 8-K.

      The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on August 5, 2002 announcing that its president and chief executive officer and its executive vice president and chief financial officer had submitted sworn statements to the Securities Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. On June 19, 2002, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing the authorization of repurchase of up to 10 million shares of the Company’s common stock. On April 24, 2002, the Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing that it had reached an agreement to settle two California class action lawsuits filed in 2001.

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	STARBUCKS CORPORATION

	By:	/s/ HOWARD SCHULTZ

	Howard Schultz
	chairman of the Board of Directors and
	chief global strategist

December 20, 2002

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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