Today, Starbucks unveils its first container store in Tukwila, Washington says Seattle Times Melissa Allison. While surveying the vast industrial space that surrounds them in SoDo, Starbucks executives began thinking: "Their view of trains carrying cargo gradually meshed with Starbucks' desire to create stores that are both mobile and energy efficient." Hence, Starbucks' first store reusing shipping containers. [Seattle Times]
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