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Everywhere? You mean on every corner in a local starbucks near you as described in the article?

And anywhere else that sells prebottled drinks labeled "Frappuccino." Until now, I didn't realize those bottles sitting in the local grocer probably have a Starbucks logo on them someplace.

IIRC it was a joint venture with Pepsi (and yes, those bottles are clearly labeled Starbucks)

I have seen "frappuccinno" drinks offered for sale at more than a few local non-starbucks coffee shops over the years.

And they aren't licensing anything from Starbucks?

For a while I was looking into opening a coffee shop and it's fairly straightforward to license names and sell coffee and coffee products from a lot of major coffee companies. Not that I care for Starbucks coffee, but it was the biggest brand that business brokers pushed on me.

No way for me to know, but I doubt it. I'm talking about very small shops very out of the way, and quite a long time ago as well. I assume it was under the radar.

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