UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14D-9

(Rule 14d-101)

SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION

STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 7)

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

(Name of Subject Company)

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

142042209

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Dan E. Lee

General Counsel and Secretary

Caribou Coffee Company, Inc.

3900 Lakebreeze Avenue North

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55429

(763) 592-2200

(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices

and communications on behalf of the person(s) filing statement)

Copies To:

Brian D. Wenger

Brett D. Anderson

Briggs and Morgan, P.A.

2200 IDS Center

80 South Eighth Street

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

(612) 977-8400

¨ Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

This Amendment No. 7 to Schedule 14D-9 amends and supplements the Schedule 14D-9 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Schedule 14D-9”) originally filed by Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 21, 2012, relating to the tender offer by JAB Beech Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent” or “JAB”), Pine Merger Sub, Inc., a Minnesota corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser” and, together with Parent, the “Offerors”), to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Shares”), of the Company at a price of $16.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash (less any required withholding taxes and without interest), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated December 21, 2012 (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”), which are annexed to and filed with the Offerors’ Schedule TO (together with the exhibits thereto, as it may be amended or supplemented, the “Schedule TO”), filed by Purchaser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 21, 2012.

Except as otherwise noted below, no changes are being made to the Schedule 14D-9.

Item 8. Additional Information

In Item 8, the second paragraph of the subsection entitled “Antitrust Laws” is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

On January 2, 2013, the parties received early termination of the required waiting period under the HSR Act. Accordingly, the condition to the Offer that the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated has been satisfied.

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SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

CARIBOU COFFEE COMPANY, INC.
By:	/s/ Dan E. Lee
Name:	Dan E. Lee
Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated January 4, 2013

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