Leading local firms such as the Far Eastern Group, President Chain Store Corporation, the Tailung Group, the Quanta Group and Pacific Acme were all keen to capture this golden goose.
根據當時報載，遠東集團、統一超商、台隆集團、寬達集團、太平洋頂好等各大企業將星巴克視為金雞母的爭奪戰。