/s/ Martin Coles July 16, 2007 Martin Coles Date

Exhibit 10.1

July 16, 2007

Martin Coles
[Address]
[Address]

Dear Martin:

Thank you for your contributions to the Company’s success and congratulations on your promotion to chief operating officer reporting to me at Starbucks Coffee Company. I value your passion for the organization and look forward to you beginning your new role on September 4, 2007.

Here are the specifics of your offer:

You will be paid bi-weekly at a base salary that annualizes to $725,000. You will next be eligible for a merit increase in December 2008.

Executive Management Bonus Plan

You will continue to be eligible to participate in the Executive Management Bonus Plan. For fiscal year 2007, your bonus target will continue to be 65% of your eligible base salary and your bonus will be based on achievement of company, business unit and individual performance goals set at the beginning of fiscal 2007. For fiscal year 2008, your bonus target will be 100% of your eligible base salary. This bonus is based on achievement of company, collective business unit (i.e., the sum of all business units) and individual performance goals to be set at the beginning of fiscal 2008. We will provide you with more information about the bonus plan and a copy of the plan documents. Starbucks reserves the right to review, change, amend, or cancel incentive plans at any time.

Stock Option Grant

You will be granted stock options to purchase additional shares of Starbucks common stock with an economic value of $1,085,000 under the Key Employee Sub-Plan to the 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, subject to formal approval by the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors. The exercise price of the options will be the regular trading session closing price of a share of Starbucks stock on the date of the grant. The grant date of your options will be after you assume your new role and otherwise effective in accordance with the Company’s option grant policy. The options will be non-qualified and will vest in

 

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equal installments over a period of four (4) years, beginning on the first anniversary date of the grant, subject to your continued employment.

Management Deferred Compensation Plan

You will continue to be eligible to participate in the Management Deferred Compensation Plan (MDCP) because you are on our U.S. payroll and meet the eligibility criteria. The MDCP provides eligible partners with the opportunity to save on a tax-deferred basis. If you have questions about the MDCP, please contact the Starbucks Savings Team at ***@***. You may obtain more information about the MDCP on the Savings link at http://LifeAt.sbux.com.

Executive Life Insurance

As an executive, you and your family have a greater exposure to financial loss resulting from your death. You will continue to receive partner life coverage equal to three times your annualized base pay, paid for by Starbucks, up to a maximum life insurance benefit of $2,000,000.

Executive Physical Exam

You will continue to be eligible to participate in Starbucks executive physical program. If you have questions about this physical, please contact Kelley Hardin at (206)  ###-###-####.

Benefits

To understand how your new role may affect your benefits, please contact the Starbucks Partner Contact Center at ###-###-#### or your Partner Resources generalist. Please note that although it is Starbucks intent to continue these plans, they may be amended or terminated at any time without notice

Insider Trading

As an executive, with access to sensitive business and financial information about the Company, you will continue to be prohibited from trading Starbucks securities (or, in some circumstances, the securities of companies doing business with Starbucks) from time to time in accordance with the Company’s Insider Trading Policy and Blackout Procedures.

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Coffee Hedging

As an officer of the Company, a member of the Coffee Management Group, or a partner involved in coffee procurement and trading on behalf of the Company, you are prohibited from trading in coffee commodity futures for your own account. If you have further questions, please contact your Partner Resources generalist.

As a condition of being promoted and in consideration for the increase in your base compensation, you are asked sign a Non-Competition Agreement. Enclosed are two copies. Please review and sign both copies of the Non-Competition Agreement and this letter, and return one copy of each document to Brenda Robinson.

In your position, you will remain employed ‘at will,’ meaning that either you or your employer can end the employment relationship at any time, for any reason not prohibited by law.

On behalf of the entire team, I wish you the best in your new role and look forward to your continued success. If you have any questions, please call me at ###-###-####.

I accept employment with Starbucks Corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, according to the terms set forth above.

/s/ Martin Coles		July 16, 2007
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