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| Product type | Coffee |
|---|---|
| Owner | Keurig Dr Pepper |
| Country | U.S. |
| Introduced | 1992 |
Tully's Coffee is an American specialty coffee manufacturing brand owned by Keurig Dr Pepper, which acquired Tully's brand and wholesale business in 2009.[1][2][3]
Tully's branded coffee continues to be sold by Keurig in its K-Cup format and as bagged ground coffee. [4]
At the time of the Keurig wholesale acquisition, the "Tully's" name and retail-store rights were retained by the now-defunct original retailer and wholesaler chain of coffee shops based in Seattle, Washington, which had been originated by Tom "Tully" O'Keefe in 1992. Its stores served specialty coffees, espresso, baked goods, pastries, and coffee-related supplies. The U.S. chain permanently closed in September 2018.
The coffee-shop chain also has overseas licensing agreements in Japan, which since 2006 have been owned by Ito En, Inc. The brand name is used for over 760 Tully's coffee houses in Japan (as of April 2022).[5]
Tully's coffee shops were well known for once following an expansion strategy of opening stores adjacent to those of the considerably larger coffee chain Starbucks, also based in Seattle.
- ^ "Stormy Days for Tully's Coffee". Seattle Weekly. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Stormy Daniels' lawyer once bought a coffee chain for $9 million with a famous Hollywood actor — and all the shops mysteriously closed earlier this year amid dozens of lawsuits". businessinsider.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "What has happened to Seattle's Tully's Coffee?". Mynorthwest.com. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Shop All Beverage K-Cup® Pods, Bags, & Cans | Coffee, Tea, & More | Keurig".
- ^ "Taste The Difference | TULLY'S COFFEE - タリーズコーヒー". www.tullys.co.jp.