Who supplies/roasts Dunkin Donuts coffee?
Brewed coffee in stores and foodservice outlets: Sara Lee. Since 1975, Dunkin’ Donuts has worked with Sara Lee to supply their franchisees with coffee. According to Sara Lee’s 2005 annual report, they still roasted “much of” Dunkin’ Donuts coffee. In 2007, Sara Lee partnered with Dunkin’ Donuts, in a multi-year deal, to be the exclusive provider of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee to foodservice outlets across the country. Retail coffee: Procter & Gamble/Smucker. In 2007, Dunkin Donuts entered into an agreement with Procter & Gamble to roast and distribute Dunkin Donuts coffee in retail outlets. The following year, P&G split off its coffee business, which was taken over by the J. M. Smucker Company. This included the Dunkin Donuts deal, as well as the Folgers and Millstone coffee brands. To the best of my knowledge, Smucker continues to use P&G’s supply chain. In a comparison of the coffee industry’s largest companies, these roasters received failing grades from Responsible Shopper; you can view
