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Dunn Bros Coffee

You can get coffee anywhere, but you have to seek out great coffee. And only Dunn Bros Coffee sets the bold standard for quality. Dunn Bros Coffee custom-roasts each batch of their product every day at most of their locations across the country, and employs an exacting criteria for excellence with its unwavering commitment to superior quality. Dunn Bros doesn’t make coffee to be acceptable for the price; it makes it exceptional for the price. That’s why you simply can’t buy fresher, better beans from a retail coffee house chain. Dunn Bros Coffee is about making and roasting the best coffee there is, pure and simple.

Facts & figures
Liquid capital required
$100,000
Investment
$396,000 - $590,393
Franchise fee
$37,500
Royalty
5.0%
Offers Financing
Yes
Units in operation
68
Founded
1987
Franchising Since
1994

A Dunn Bros Coffee franchise is a surefire business opportunity. The support team at Dunn Bros Coffee has decades of experience and expertise in all aspects of successful coffee shop operations, construction, marketing and franchising. In fact, members of their team have been franchisees, so they know what others need to succeed. The franchise experience at Dunn Bros starts with the top-quality training and support, and Dunn Bros dedicates the resources to ensure franchisees’ receive the skills and knowledge they need to create the high standard Dunn Bros shop. After opening, Dunn Bros provide ongoing support with a franchise business manager, continual assistance with operations, and training in business management, customer service, merchandising and more.

Dunn Bros Coffee Franchise Opportunities – History

Dunn Bros Coffee was founded in 1987 by Ed and Dan Dunn, who opend their first store in St. Paul, Minnesota. The second location opened in 1991 in downtown Minneapolis. Since then, Dunn Bros has expanded steadily, to more than 70 locations, first to Texas in 2004, then to other states, including Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri, North and South Dakota, Tennessee, Kansas, and Nebraska.

Dunn Bros Coffee Franchise Cost / Initial Investment / Dunn Bros Coffee

Franchise Income

The franchise fee for Dunn Bros Coffee is $32,000. The total investment to open and operate a traditional Dunn Bros Coffee shop franchise ranges from $125,750 to $453,600. The investment to open and operate a Dunn Bros express shop ranges from $139,000 to $290,100, with initial license fee of $24,000.

Dunn Bros Coffee Business Opportunities: Other Information

Dunn Bros Coffee was named the Number One Coffee Franchise by Entrepreneur magazine in its Top 500 issue three times. In 2010, Dunn Bros became America’s first coffee chain to announce a significant waste reduction reward by offering a quarter off all beverages served in reusable mugs or tumblers.

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