Editing Starbucks (section)

===== Australia =====
In July 2000, the first location in Australia opened in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.starbucks.com.au/Starbucks-in-Australia.php | title=Starbucks in Australia | publisher=Starbucks | access-date=August 13, 2019 | archive-date=August 13, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813235933/https://www.starbucks.com.au/Starbucks-in-Australia.php | url-status=dead }}</ref> After a massive downturn in 2008, the remaining Australian Starbucks stores were sold to the Withers family in 2014, with the company planning a more restrained expansion.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/eleven-owners-the-withers-group-to-take-over-starbucks-in-australia/news-story/8132270ce48cca88e22f9b94157d8a4c | title=7-Eleven owners the Withers Group to take over Starbucks in Australia | work=[[News.com.au]] | date=May 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/20/starbucks-australia-coffee-failure.html | title=Why there are almost no Starbucks in Australia | last=Turner | first=Ashley | work=[[CNBC]] | date=July 25, 2018}}</ref>

As of November 2022, there are 59 Starbucks stores in Australia; 23 in [[New South Wales]], 19 in [[Queensland]] and 18 in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. These stores are spread out across [[Sydney]], [[Melbourne]], [[Brisbane]], the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]] and [[Ballarat]]. Before the mass-closure of 61 of their 85 stores in 2008,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/starbucks-closed/ | title=Starbucks closed Australian stores - Australian food history timeline - | date=September 28, 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theage.com.au/business/starbucks-to-close-61-australian-outlets-20080729-3mkm.html | title=Starbucks to close 61 Australian outlets | date=July 29, 2008 }}</ref> there were also stores in [[Adelaide]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://desperatelyseekingcrab.com/2008/08/01/bye-bye-to-starbucks-in-adelaide/ | title=Bye Bye to Starbucks in Adelaide | date=August 2008 }}</ref> [[Canberra]], [[Hobart]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-07-30/industry-concern-about-city-heart/457556 | title=Industry concern about city heart | newspaper=ABC News | date=July 30, 2008 }}</ref> and [[Wollongong]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/607696/shellharbour-starbucks-to-close/ | title=Shellharbour Starbucks to close | date=July 29, 2008 }}</ref> However, there are plans to open a restaurant in [[Toowoomba]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.consolidatedpropertiesgroup.com.au/construction-kicks-off-on-second-stage-of-wilsonton-shopping-centre/ | title=Construction kicks off on second stage of Wilsonton Shopping Centre – Consolidated Properties Group }}</ref> while the first store in [[Perth]], [[Western Australia]] opened on October 23, 2024, with another 11 planned to open by the end of 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Margolius |first1=Zach |title=Starbucks in Perth: First WA store in Piara Waters attracts a huge queue |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/starbucks-in-perth-first-wa-store-in-piara-waters-attracts-a-huge-queue-c-16502629 |website=PerthNow |date=October 24, 2024 |access-date=October 24, 2024}}</ref>