As Starbucks grows

In case you ever wondered, there's one Starbucks in Seattle for every 12,000 people. If you think that sounds high, consider this: there's one Dunkin' Donuts in Boston for every 8,000 people.

Those disturbing stats come from a Newsweek story examining the coffee giant's untamed expansion plans despite its already "almost comic ubiquity":

Today the company that weaned us away from the free mud in the office kitchen and hooked us on $3 tall double caramel macchiatos (with nonfat milk, please) has 5,945 stores in the United States and 2,392 more overseas and in Canada. While it may seem that there's already a Starbucks on every corner, chairman Howard Schultz says the company is just getting started. His previous goal of 10,000 stores in the United States, set in 2002, now appears "light," he says, and the company plans to double the current number of domestic stores to nearly 12,000.