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2018 Top 500: Coffee Cafe

The Top 250 limited-service coffee-cafe chains, ranked.
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Coffee-cafe chains within the Top 500 grew sales 5.5% in 2017; unit count increased 4.6%. Eight saw positive sales growth, while just 1 saw sales drop.

2018 RankChain Name2017 US Sales ($000,000)2017 US Units
2Starbucks$17,650*13,930
8Dunkin’ Donuts$8,4589,141
62Tim Hortons$760*705
132Peet’s Coffee & Tea$284*241
140Caribou Coffee$259*395
152Dutch Bros. Coffee$235*288
Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report; *Technomic estimate
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*Technomic estimate; Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report

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