It is now owned by Tank & Rast, and through its franchising model, it has coffeehouses in multiple countries in Europe and Asia.

Wayne's Coffee was founded in 1994 in Stockholm, Sweden[2] with the aim to offer an authentic Swedish fika experience.

[4] Hailed as the "Swedish version of Starbucks,"[5] Wayne's Coffee introduced a franchise model in 1997 that enabled it to expand to 150 locations in eight countries.

[2] Founder Anders Stål was subsequently replaced as Wayne's Coffee CEO by Mats Hörnell.

[11][12] Later in the year, Wayne's Coffee opened new coffeehouses in Finland,[11] including in the Matkus shopping center in Kuopio and Tampere.