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Originally Posted by homoe
Dutch Brothers Coffee? Is that a local chain or something, basically Starbucks is the only game in town here!
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I know they have franchises in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, and Washington. I think that’s it but they might be in other states I’m not aware of. They have expresso like Starbucks, all the different expresso based drinks, lattes, and stuff. They don’t have all the different types of coffee, different flavors and roasts of coffee beans like Starbucks. We don’t like their plain coffee but their Americana’s which are expresso based are good. They don’t offer as many snacks or treats as Starbucks and you can’t go in and sit down because all of their chain shops are in little shacks similar to what those 1 hour photo developing shack places used to look like – drive thru only. However even though they offer less food, they have a lot more non-coffee choices than Starbucks. Because of their lower overhead and more narrow, limited and focused inventory they are less expensive than Starbucks making it very popular.
The lines get crazy long but when that happens they send one or two kids out to take orders along down the line which they then text to the young people working inside the huts who make one drink right after the next. So the whole thing moves along quickly you don’t stay stuck in line long at all by the time you get to the window your drinks are ready. They even have little card scanners at some locations which makes it go even faster as you can pay when they take your order car side. If you go to a Dutch Bros. and see a long line you’ll actually spend less time in it than you would at a Starbucks drive thru here with a shorter line. We still like Starbucks and go there occasionally but most of the time we just want our caffeine fix, aren’t into paying for the atmosphere and fancy logo printed on everything that drives the prices up at Starbucks.
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