Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
CULVER JOHN
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
STARBUCKS CORP [SBUX] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
pres, Starbucks Coffee Intl
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 800		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/07/2011
(Street)

SEATTLE, WA 98134		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 09/07/2011   M   17,059 A $ 22.87 118,723 D  
Common Stock 09/07/2011   M   33,070 A $ 8.64 151,793 D  
Common Stock 09/07/2011   M   5,000 A $ 11.14 156,793 D  
Common Stock 09/07/2011   S   52,758 D $ 39 104,035 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 22.87 09/07/2011   M     17,059   (1) 11/19/2017 Common Stock 17,059 $ 0 5,986 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 8.64 09/07/2011   M     33,070   (2) 11/17/2018 Common Stock 33,070 $ 0 33,068 D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 11.14 09/07/2011   M     5,000   (3) 03/17/2019 Common Stock 5,000 $ 0 46,398 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
CULVER JOHN
2401 UTAH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 800
SEATTLE, WA 98134		       pres, Starbucks Coffee Intl  

Signatures

 /s/ Alejandro C. Torres, attorney-in-fact for John Culver   09/09/2011
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The option, representing a right to purchase a total of 23,945 shares, became exercisable in one increment of 5,987 shares on November 19, 2008, and two increments of 5,986 shares each on November 19, 2009 and November 19, 2010, and becomes exercisable as to one increment of 5,986 shares on November 19, 2011.
(2) The option became exercisable in two increments of 16,535 shares each on November 17, 2009 and November 17, 2010, and becomes exercisable as to two increments of 16,534 shares each on November 17, 2011 and November 17, 2012.
(3) The option became exercisable in two increments of 12,850 shares each on March 17, 2010 and March 17, 2011 and becomes exercisable as to two increments of 12,849 shares each on March 17, 2012 and March 17, 2013.

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