In the country where I reside, Colombia, for example, Dunkin has grown far more quickly than Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX ). Keurig was a consensus short sale position among many popular bearish hedge funds and investors, as its Cold machine was widely expected to be a commercial flop. It is joined by a host of other restaurant stocks that have shot to the moon this year, as rising consumer confidence, the corporate tax cuts, and normalizing food prices have given new energy to the sector.