Surpassed 500 shops, Company-owned shops revenue expands 62.9%

Reiterates long-term potential of at least 4,000 shops nationwide

Dutch Bros Inc. (NYSE: BROS), one of the fastest-growing brands in the food service and restaurant industry in the United States by location count, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. We also provided our fourth quarter 2021 financial outlook and our preliminary outlook for 2022 new shop openings.

Joth Ricci, Chief Executive Officer and President of Dutch Bros Inc., stated, “We are very pleased with the strength of our third quarter and year-to-date results which are exceeding the optimistic set of expectations we established going into 2021. While we are excited to have recently begun our journey as a public company, we are already focused on a clear set of growth-minded objectives that make Dutch Bros a national brand. This includes expanding what is already a strong pipeline of homegrown regional operators and combining that with a disciplined, people-led growth strategy that creates the potential for at least 4,000 shops nationwide. As we open new stores in both existing and new markets, we will provide our customers with unique drive-thru experiences based upon Speed, Quality and Service while solidifying our strong commitment to communities.”

Third Quarter 2021 Highlights:

• Surpassed 500 operating shops with our Hutto, Texas opening (Northeast of Austin).
• Opened 33 new shops, of which 30 were company-operated
• Total revenues grew 49.8% to $129.8 million as compared to the same period last year.
• Company-operated shops revenues increased 62.9% to $108.7 million as compared to $66.7 million in the same period last year.
• System same shop sales grew 7.3% in the third quarter and 10.7% on a two-year basis. Company-operated same shop sales grew 4.7% in the third quarter and 10.1% on a two-year basis.
• Company-operated shop gross profit grew 18.0% to $22.8 million as compared to $19.3 million in the same period last year. Company-operated contribution¹, excluding pre-opening and COVID costs grew 23.8% to $27.1 million as compared to $21.9 million in the same period last year.
• Net income (loss) was $(117.1) million, or $(0.15) per diluted share as compared to $6.7 million in the same period last year. In the third quarter of 2021, we recognized $124.8 million of non-cash equity-based compensation related to our initial public offering.
• Adjusted net income¹ was $11.0 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, as compared to $16.2 million in the same period last year.
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ decreased 2.6% to $20.6 million as compared to $21.2 million in the same period last year. The decrease was primarily due to abnormally low systemwide discounts last year during the initial COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.

Initial Public Offering

On September 17, 2021, we successfully closed our initial public offering ("IPO") of 24,210,526 shares of Class A common stock, including the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase 3,157,894 additional shares, at a price to the public of $23.00 per share. Proceeds from the IPO were approximately $556.8 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.

Our Class A common stock began trading on The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “BROS” on September 15, 2021.

Outlook

For the fourth quarter, we are providing the following outlook:

• Total system shop openings are expected to be at least 30.
• Total revenue is projected to be in the range of $125.0 million - $128.0 million.
• Same shop sales are estimated in the mid single-digits.
• Adjusted EBITDA² is projected to be in the range of $12.5 million - $13.5 million.

For the year 2022, we are providing the following preliminary outlook for new shop openings:

• Total system shop openings are expected to be at least 112.

Conference Call and Webcast Today

Joth Ricci, Chief Executive Officer and President, and Charles Jemley, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call and webcast to discuss financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021 today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

Event: Third Quarter 2021 Conference Call and Webcast

Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Time: 5:00 p.m. ET

Dial In: 1-201-493-6779

Webcast: https://investors.dutchbros.com under “Events & Presentations”.

The webcast will be archived shortly after the conference call has concluded. We will also publish earnings presentation slides related to these financial results on our website https://investors.dutchbros.com under “Events & Presentations”.

About Dutch Bros Inc.

Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) is a high growth operator and franchisor of drive-thru shops that focus on serving high QUALITY, hand-crafted beverages with unparalleled SPEED and superior SERVICE. Founded in 1992 by brothers Dane and Travis Boersma, Dutch Bros began with a double-head espresso machine and a pushcart in Grants Pass, Oregon. While espresso-based beverages are still at the core of what we do, Dutch Bros now offers a wide variety of unique, customizable cold and hot beverages that delight a broad array of customers. We believe Dutch Bros is more than just the products we serve—we are dedicated to making a massive difference in the lives of our employees, customers and communities. This combination of hand-crafted and high-quality beverages, our unique drive-thru experience and our community-driven, people-first culture has allowed us to successfully open new shops and continue to share the “Dutch Luv” at more than 500 locations across 11 states as of September 30, 2021.

To learn more about Dutch Bros, visit www.dutchbros.com, follow Dutch Bros Coffee on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, & TikTok, and download the Dutch Bros app to earn points and score rewards!

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this release may contain a number of “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, information concerning Dutch Bros’ possible or assumed future results of operations, new shop openings, business strategies, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities and the effects of regulation. These statements are based on Dutch Bros’ current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “should,” “future,” “guidance,” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Dutch Bros’ control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements, including those related to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, disruptions in our supply chain, ability to hire and retain employees; and other risks, including those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in our final prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, dated September 16, 2021 and in our future reports to be filed with the SEC, including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of this date, and Dutch Bros undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law

¹ Adjusted net income, Adjusted EBITDA, and Company-operated shop contribution are non-GAAP financial measures frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry. However, our non-GAAP financial measures are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled captions of other companies due to different methods of calculation. Please see definitions and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures accompanying this release.

²We have not reconciled guidance for Adjusted EBITDA to the corresponding GAAP financial measure because we do not provide guidance for the various reconciling items. We are unable to provide guidance for these reconciling items because we cannot determine their probable significance, as certain items are outside of our control and cannot be reasonably predicted due to the fact that these items could vary significantly from period to period. Accordingly, reconciliations to the corresponding GAAP financial measure is not available without unreasonable effort.

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Results

In addition to U.S. GAAP results, this press release contains non-GAAP financial results, including adjusted net income, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. We use these non-GAAP measures to help us evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions. In addition to our results determined in accordance with GAAP, we believe that providing these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to our investors as they present an informative supplemental view of our results from period to period by removing the effect of non-recurring items.

However, the non-GAAP financial measures presented herein are specific to us and may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other companies because of differing methods used by other companies in calculating them. These measures are also not intended to be measures of free cash flow for management’s discretionary use, as they do not reflect tax payments, debt service requirements and certain other cash costs that may recur in the future, including, among other things, cash requirements for working capital needs. Management compensates for these limitations by relying on our GAAP results in addition to using these non-GAAP financial measures. The non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items.

Company-operated shop contribution

Company-operated shop contribution, a non-GAAP financial measure, is defined as net sales less beverage, food and packaging costs, labor, occupancy and other costs, and pre-opening costs. Company-operated shop contribution is included in this press release because it is a key metric used by management and our board of directors to assess our financial performance, frequently used by analysts, investors and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

We define EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, as GAAP net income (loss) adjusted for interest income or expense, income tax expense (benefit) and other income or expense, depreciation and amortization. Additionally, we define Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, as EBITDA adjusted for equity-based compensation, expenses related to public or private offerings, pandemic-related costs, and other non-recurring items as determined by management. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are included in this press release because they are key metrics used by management and our board of directors to assess our financial performance, frequently used by analysts, investors, and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry.

Adjusted Net Income

We define Adjusted Net Income, a non-GAAP financial measure, as GAAP net income (loss) adjusted for equity-based compensation, expenses related to public or private offerings, pandemic-related costs, and other non-recurring items as determined by management, net of income tax effects. Adjusted Net Income is included in this press release because it is a key metric used by management and our board of directors to assess our financial performance, and is frequently used by analysts, investors, and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry.

Following are the reconciliations of the most comparable GAAP metric to non-GAAP metrics presented:

Reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA

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