Historical moments

1994

Our first coffee shop opened on Kungsgatan 14 in central Stockholm. Not only was it the first one in the chain; it was the first coffee shop in Sweden to serve Caffe Latte!

1997

We invest in a franchise concept and take first step outside Stockholm. A new coffee shop was opened in Uppsala.

1999

We left Sweden for the first time. Our expansion crossed the border into Finland, where we opened yet another coffee shop.

2005

The Internet arrived with full force at Wayne’s. This year, we launched free Internet in all our coffee shops in Sweden.

2008

Finland is joined by Norway, which was yet another Nordic country in the Wayne’s family. Our coffee also became Rainforest Alliance certified.

2010

In 1994, we were the first to serve Caffe Latte in Sweden. We repeated this feat in Saudi Arabia when we launched our first coffee shop in the country.

2015

Were the first to serve organic Barista milk.

2017

We were named “Franchise chain of the year 2017” at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. The reasons included our purposeful work on increased sustainability.

2018

We open our first coffee shop in Vietnam and Germany.

2020

Waynes logo is updated for the first time in 25 years, we go from being Wayne’s Coffee to becoming Waynes, and we launch a completely new café design.