<Tr> <Th> Owner </Th> <Td> Retail Food Group </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.gloriajeanscoffees.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Gloria Jean's Coffees is a franchised specialty coffeehouse company that has opened more than 1,000 coffee houses across 39 markets worldwide, including over 460 in Australia . In 2014 Gloria Jeans was purchased by the Retail Food Group for $163.5 million . </P> <P> Gloria Jean's Coffees was founded by Gloria Jean Kvetko in 1979 in Chicago, USA . Gloria Jean's Coffees began as a small coffee and gift shop in Chicago USA which now has over 110 locations throughout the US . In 1995, Nabi Saleh and Peter Irvine, former managing director of advertising agency DDB Needham, visited the United States to sample the Gloria Jean's Coffees brand . Saleh and Irvine identified the opportunity for this brand in Australia, purchasing the international licensing rights from Diedrich Coffee, Inc . </P>

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