At the beginning of September 2006, and then again in early 2008, Starbucks temporarily reintroduced its original brown logo on paper hot-drink cups. Starbucks has stated that this was done to show the company's heritage from the Pacific Northwest and to celebrate 35 years of business. The vintage logo sparked some controversy due in part to the siren's bare breasts, but the temporary switch garnered little attention from the media. Starbucks had drawn similar criticism when it reintroduced the vintage logo in 2006. The logo was altered when Starbucks entered the Saudi Arabian market in 2000 to remove the siren, leaving only her crown, as reported in a Pulitzer Prize-winning column by Colbert I. King in The Washington Post in 2002. The company announced three months later that it would be using the international logo in Saudi Arabia. In January 2011, Starbucks announced that it would make small changes to the company's logo, removing the Starbucks wordmark around the siren, enlarging the siren image, and making it green.
at the beginning of september 2006 and then again in early 2008 starbucks temporarily reintroduced its original brown logo on paper hot-drink cups starbucks has stated that this was done to show the company's heritage from the pacific northwest and to celebrate 35 years of business the vintage logo sparked some controversy due in part to the siren's bare breasts but the temporary switch garnered little attention from the media starbucks had drawn similar criticism when it reintroduced the vintage logo in 2006 the logo was altered when starbucks entered the saudi arabian market in 2000 to remove the siren leaving only her crown as reported in a pulitzer prize-winning column by colbert i king in the washington post in 2002 the company announced three months later that it would be using the international logo in saudi arabia in january 2011 starbucks announced that it would make small changes to the company's logo removing the starbucks wordmark around the siren enlarging the siren image and making it green