Dutch Bros. Coffee

Rapidly expanding Dutch Bros is opening another support center in Arizona

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 22, 2024

The drive-thru coffee chain opened more shops in its history last year as sales accelerated. And it is also opening shops in Florida.

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Get your executives into the stores more often

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 10, 2024

The Bottom Line: Starbucks and now Dutch Bros are giving some key executives barista training and having them work in the field. That should become standard.

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Dutch Bros overhauls management as it plans more aggressive unit growth

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 08, 2024

The drive-thru beverage chain named a trio of new executive hires under new CEO Christine Barone. It plans continued aggressive growth but is tweaking that strategy to be more thoughtful.

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Dutch Bros' strong margins give the company flexibility as wages are set to soar

By Jonathan Maze on Nov. 08, 2023

The drive-thru beverage chain’s shop profit margins soared last quarter, to 31%, thanks to a combination of price hikes and efficiency. It will help with California wages set to increase next year.

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Dutch Bros names Christine Barone CEO

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 08, 2023

Joth Ricci will step down at the end of the year following a transition period. The move comes just months after Barone was brought in as the drive-thru beverage chain’s president.

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Facing growing pains and weak sales, Dutch Bros looks for traffic

By Jonathan Maze on May 09, 2023

As its sales lag competitors, the growing drive-thru beverage chain is working to build sales, and traffic, behind new Company President Christine Barone.

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Dutch Bros wants to give customers a break on price hikes this year

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 23, 2023

The drive-thru coffee chain, which raised prices 11% in 2022, said it plans to hold the line in 2023, particularly after it made changes to its loyalty program.

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Dutch Bros has a solution to its long lines, but not the one investors want

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 12, 2023

The drive-thru beverage chain is taking a page out of Domino’s playbook and building more locations to ease capacity restraints. But Wall Street is not entirely convinced.

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