The Scooter's Coffee menu is big. It offers espresso, cold brew, smoothies, drinks with Red Bull® Infusions, teas, lemonades, breakfast food and sweet bites. Most people pull up to the drive-thru window and stop. This guide puts an end to that! You'll get a sense of what each beverage is, its price, its calorie content and which combinations will suit your tastes and money.
Quick answer:
Scooter's Coffee is a drive-thrus system with over 920 locations in 32 states. The most popular beverage is its famous Caramelicious. There are four different sizes of drinks, with different prices depending on the store, as the prices are set by the franchise owners. Carmelicious' own nutrition guide states that a medium hot Caramelicious contains 400 calories and 63 grams of sugar. That's reduced to 280 calories and 15 grams of sugar by making it sugar-free.
Last updated: September 21, 2026.
Scooter's Coffee at a Glance
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DetailFact
Founded
1998, Bellevue, Nebraska
Founders
Don and Linda Eckles
Headquarters
Omaha, Nebraska
Store count
More than 920 stores in 32 states (August 2026)
Style
Drive-thru coffee, mostly franchise-owned
Signature drink
Caramelicious®
Slogan
"Amazing People, Amazing Drinks…Amazingly Fast!®"
Loyalty program
Smiles Rewards, in the mobile app
Scooter's has been around since 1998 when Don and Linda Eckles established one in Bellevue, NE and now operates in over 920 stores in 32 states. It has spread rapidly. After a growth rate of almost 16 percent in 2024, the chain expanded by 10 percent in 2025, adding 83 stores, with nearly all stores operated by local franchisees. In August 2026, it was the No. 1 Best Coffee Chain in Newsweek's Readers' Choice Awards which voted on 20 chains.
Why is the franchise important to you? You have the advantage that your local owner sets the prices, offers deals and sometimes even controls what drinks are available. That's why a cup of latte at a store in a town might cost more or less at another store in that town.
