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Howard Schultz, chairman and CEO of Starbucks Coffee Company, speaks in front of an image of the Starbucks logo on the green aprons worn by Starbucks workers, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Norman Lear, television writer and producer, speaks at the opening of Starbucks Coffee Company's annual shareholders meeting, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Howard Schultz, chairman and CEO of Starbucks Coffee Company, speaks in front of a graph showing the progression of the company's stock price Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Howard Schultz, chairman and CEO of Starbucks Coffee Company, waits in the wings before the opening of the company's annual shareholders meeting Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Angela Sheehan, left, a worker at a a Starbucks-owned Teavana store in Seattle, waves a lid so shareholder Gail Gorud, right, of Kirkland, Wash., can smell different types of tea, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in the lobby outside the company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said Wednesday that growth of the company's tea products will be a key part of their future growth. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)