A Minnesota-based company that was launched in 1992 when its founder , John Puckett , quit his career as a management consultant to become a coffee entrepreneur . Since 2012 , Caribou has been owned by German conglomerate , JAB Holding Company ( prepare yourself for a great deal of JAB jabber on this list ), with 80 US stores promptly converted to branches of another JAB vehicle , Peet ’ s

( see no . 6 ). Today , Caribou Coffee brings in $ 500mn in revenue .

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“ America runs on Dunkin ’,” goes the famous slogan , yet with more than 12,000 stores in 36 countries , you could certainly argue a whole slew of nations do . Though the company name makes no mention of coffee , a cup has formed part of the Dunkin ’ logo since the early 1960s and the black stuff represents more than 60 % of its annual revenue , which last year totalled $ 662.5mn .

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