Coffee is a beverage sold and most popular of recent times, and is that it has become a fad that has attracted millions of consumers around the world. Taking advantage of this situation, some people founded companies from selling coffee, which have grown as the foam.
You will then see a list of which are considered the world’s biggest coffee chains
#1 Starbucks
With more than 20 thousand locations around the world, Starbucks is one of the world’s largest chains. And it is that it has become a really popular and recognized brand by millions of people.
Starbucks Corporation is an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain. Starbucks was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971. Today it operates 23,768 locations worldwide, including 13,107 (+170) in the United States, 2,204 (+86) in China, 1,418 (-12) in Canada, 1,160 (+2) in Japan and 872 in South Korea (bumping United Kingdom from 5th place) (Differences reflect growth since Jan 8, 2016).
The first Starbucks opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 1971, by three partners who met while they were students at the University of San Francisco English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegl, and writer Gordon Bowker.
#2 Tim Hortons
Begun in Canada, is a chain of cafes with more than 4000 branches around the world, and continues to grow. In addition to coffee also sell bagels and other baked goods.
Tim Hortons Inc. (known internationally as Tim Hortons Cafe and Bake Shop) is a multinational fast food restaurant based in Canada, known for its coffee and doughnuts. It is also Canada’s largest quick service restaurant chain; as of December 31, 2015, it had a total of 4,413 restaurants (24 company-owned and 4,389 franchised), including 3,660 restaurants in Canada, 650 in the United States, and 113 in the Middle East.
#3 Dunkin Donuts
While it is most famous for selling some delicious Donuts, Dunkin Donuts is one of the best and most major chains selling coffee, and this is the perfect companion for doughnuts.
Dunkin’ Donuts is an American global donut company and coffeehouse chain based in Canton, Massachusetts, in Greater Boston. It was founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts. Since its founding, the company has grown to become one of the largest coffee and baked goods chains in the world, with more than 12,000 restaurants in 36 countries. The chain’s products include donuts, bagels, other baked goods, and a wide variety of hot and iced beverages.
#4 Costa Coffee
Started by two Italian brothers in London, this is a chain of coffee that has been expanding rapidly since its inception.
Costa Coffee is a British multinational coffeehouse company headquartered in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Whitbread. It is the second largest coffeehouse chain in the world behind Starbucks and the largest in Britain.
Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by the Costa family as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. Acquired by Whitbread in 1995, it has since grown to over 3,277 stores across 31 countries. The business has 2,000 UK restaurants, over 5,200 Costa Express vending facilities and a further 1,200 outlets overseas (including 383 in China).
#5 Gloria Jeans
It was founded in 1979 in Australia. Today has over 1000 franchises all over the world, but located mainly in Australia and United States.
Gloria Jean’s Coffees is a franchised specialty coffeehouse company that has opened more than 1,000 coffee houses across 39 markets worldwide, including over 460 in Australia. In 2014 Gloria Jeans was purchased by the Retail Food Group for $163.5 million.
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#6 The Coffee Bean
It was founded in 1963 by Mona and Hebert Hyman in Los Angeles, United States. They have slowly been opening new franchises to have more than 900 worldwide.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (sometimes shortened to simply “Coffee Bean” or “The Coffee Bean”) is an American coffee chain founded in 1963. It is owned and operated by International Coffee & Tea, LLC, which has its corporate headquarters in Los Angeles, California. As of August 2015, the chain has over 1000 self-owned and franchised stores in the United States and 24 other countries.
#7 Caribou Coffee
A chain of cafes is which will leave you open-mouthed to see his long list of flavors of coffee and tea flavors that are available in each of its 500 establishments.
Caribou Coffee Company is a specialty coffee and espresso retailer. Caribou Coffee is a Minnesota-based company (owned by German holding company JAB) that specializes in espresso beverages, their own blends of coffee, tea, sandwiches and bakery goods. There are more than 273 company-owned coffeehouses in 18 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 203 franchise locations in 10 countries.
#8 Tullys Coffee
It is a chain that bears the name of its founder Tom Tully, who started all this chain of stores in Seattle in 1992. This has been one of the chains that has developed most rapidly reaching 200 franchises around the world, covering countries of Japan and South Korea as.
Tully’s Coffee is a specialty coffee retailer and wholesaler based in Seattle, Washington, United States. Its stores serve specialty coffees, espresso, baked goods, pastries, and coffee-related supplies. It also has overseas licensing agreements in Japan where its brand name is used for Tully’s coffee houses in those countries. Tully’s Coffee is well known for once following an expansion strategy of opening stores adjacent to those of the considerably larger coffee chain Starbucks, also based in Seattle.
#9 Peets Coffee & Tea
It is another string with the same name as its founder, Alfred Peet, who founded it in 1996, in Bekley, California.
Peet’s Coffee & Tea is a San Francisco Bay Area based specialty coffee roaster and retailer. Founded in 1966 by Alfred Peet in Berkeley, California, Peet’s is known for its early introduction of darker roasted arabica coffee, such as French roast and grades appropriate for espresso drinks, to Bay Area and US coffee retailing, for both freshly roasted beans and in-store brewed coffee.
#10 Coffee Beanery
It was founded in 1976, in Michigan, United States. It now has franchises all over the world in places like Europe, Asia and America.
Coffee Beanery is a Flushing (Mich.)-based chain of coffee shops operating in the United States, Europe, Asia, and U.S. Territories. The company was founded in 1976. Coffee Beanery locations serve espresso, fresh-brewed coffee, tea and other specialty drinks, while also selling gourmet coffee beans, tea bags, baked goods, sandwiches, soups, fresh salads and a line of branded mugs and coffee machines. The company sells coffee shop franchises and derives most of its income from selling equipment and products to the franchisees.
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