Dunn Brothers Coffee, a brand best known for its coffee shops, will now bring its fresh roasted beans straight to customers. The Minneapolis-based chain just launched a subscription service, delivering coffee beans to front doors nationwide.

In an announcement this week, Dunn Brothers managing partner Anand Gala said the company is “leaning into direct-to-consumer growth while preserving the core quality that has defined the brand since its founding in 1987.” One year ago, in May 2024, Dunn Brothers announced a franchising initiative with an ambitious goal of opening 250 stores within five years. Dunn Brothers currently operates nearly 50 locations, mostly franchises, primarily across the upper Midwest. Each store roasts its own beans on site—a practice that Dunn Brothers says is core to its identity, even as it scales digitally.

“Our approach has always been rooted in care, from how we source our beans to how we roast and serve them,” Gala said in a press release. “This launch doesn’t change that. It’s just the next step — a way to bring that same freshly roasted coffee home, so it can be brewed tomorrow with the same care we put into it today.”

The subscription service gives customers control over roast levels, grind preference and delivery frequency, with each order shipped the same day. Subscriptions range from $16 for monthly delivery to $19 for one-time orders.

And that wasn’t the only announcement this week from Dunn Brothers, which also named a new president, Benjamin Anderson, a former Caribou Coffee executive who joins the Dunn Brothers with more than 25 years of experience in food and beverage, most recently as vice president of operations at Pentex Restaurant Group, a multi-brand franchisee of Taco John’s and HuHot Mongolian Grill. According to Dunn Brothers, Anderson oversaw a 30% expansion in store count and led teams across eight states to drive profitability while strengthening employee retention.

In a feature on the coffee shop business that appeared in TCB’s April/May issue, Dunn Brothers vice president of marketing Alexis Gillette said, “Coffee is at our core, but post-Covid we’re rethinking our core. We’re looking at different store formats and footprints, working to grow and create consistency. We’re here to help budding entrepreneurs grow businesses.”