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SEATTLE (AP) - Coffee-chain company Starbucks Coffee Co. said Monday that it plans to build a new roasting facility in St. Matthews, S.C.Construction on the approximately 150,000-square-foot plant is set to begin by the end of the year, with operations expected to start in early 2009.The site will house equipment and operations to receive, roast, package and ship Starbucks coffee to distribution centers services company-operated stores, licensed stores and wholesale accounts around the Southeastern United States. It will provide additional roasting and packaging capability to augment production from Starbucks four existing roasting facilities in Kent, Wash.; York, Pa.; Carson Valley, Nev. and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.The plant will create about 160 new full-time positions.'This new facility will help us meet increasing demand for our premium coffees and allows us to support our growth in the Southeast,' Peter Gibbons, Starbucks senior vice president of manufacturing, said in a statement.Starbucks had about 50 company-operated and licensed retail locations in South Carolina with more than 2,200 stores in the Southeast United States as of the fiscal first quarter.Shares of Starbucks fell 29 cents to $31.11 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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