<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section is missing information about order and pay feature in app . Please expand the section to include this information . Further details may exist on the talk page . (December 2016) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section is missing information about order and pay feature in app . Please expand the section to include this information . Further details may exist on the talk page . (December 2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> The first Starbucks location outside North America opened in Tokyo, Japan, in 1996 . On December 4, 1997, the Philippines became the third market to open outside North America with its first branch in the country located at 6750 Ayala Building in Makati City, Philippines . Starbucks entered the U.K. market in 1998 with the $83 million USD acquisition of the then 56 - outlet, UK - based Seattle Coffee Company, re-branding all the stores as Starbucks . In September 2002, Starbucks opened its first store in Latin America, at Mexico City . Currently, there are over 500 locations in Mexico and there are plans for the opening of up to 850 by 2018 . </P> <P> In 1999, Starbucks experimented with eateries in the San Francisco Bay area through a restaurant chain called Circadia . These restaurants were soon "outed" as Starbucks establishments and converted to Starbucks cafes . </P>

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