The TCB 100 is the list of all lists, the essential guide to people in and around Minnesota business likely to make news and drive change in the year ahead. We include not just corporate types, but also leaders in government and philanthropy who intersect with business. We’ve dynamited silos to bridge specialties and industries to introduce you to a group of individuals who may not all be household names, but whom we expect to emerge in that direction in the year ahead. So read on and share in the success of a few old friends and get to know a big bunch of new ones.
Scott Harvey, President of Dunn Brothers Coffee
While local competitor Caribou Coffee downsized its downtown retail footprints, Dunn Brothers Coffee is expanding—and not just in the Twin Cities. In spring, it announced plans to open 250 new stores across multiple states over the next five years, a quintupling of its current footprint. The plan is the company’s “most ambitious franchising initiative to date,” says president Scott Harvey. He notes that Dunn Brothers has also invested in corporate-owned, rather than franchised, shops to “test and learn at our expense before we ask a franchisee to do so.” He says the company is on track to open five more stores by year’s end: “We are bullish in our ability to compete in markets where we see opportunity.”
