Farmer Bros. knows beans about farming, but it knows about coffee beans. Farmer Bros. roasts and packages coffee and sells it mainly to institutional foodservice providers, such as restaurants, fast-food outlets, hotels, and hospitals. It distributes related coffee products such as filters, cups, and creamers, along with teas, spices, and soup bases to those same customers. It also serves retail customers such as convenience and grocery stores. Farmer Bros. distributes more than 400 products from 114 branch warehouses located in or near major US cities in five states.