Peet's Coffee & Tea

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Top 500 Chains

Peet's Coffee & Tea

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The deal will make it part of a portfolio that already includes Peets, Caribou, Einstein Brothers, Noah's and Keurig.

Sales among the coffee cafe chains among the Top 500 increased 9.7% in 2016 to $24.8 billion, and units grew 4.8% to 24,391.

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More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

Known for artisan, small-batch coffees, the chain played to trends by adding several iced beverages 

Drum up interest and tap into trends with short-term drink offerings.

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