keurig green mountain reached a $13.9 billion deal on Monday to be acquired by an investor group led by JAB Holding Keurig (GMCR) will join rival brands peet‘s Coffee & Tea, Stumptown Coffee Roasters and Caribou Coffee, all of which are part of a portfolio of brands owned by JAB. Does Keurig make Green Mountain … Read more
K-Cup® Pods Is Peets owned by Starbucks? The espresso bar in the one starbucks location was a hit. Nonetheless SF1 and SF2 still didn’t want to expand the concept. Starbucks bought out Alfred Peet and, for a time, Starbucks owns both Peet’s and Starbucks All Peet’s locations were, for a time, folded into Starbucks. Does … Read more
Keurig discontinued their Keurig Vue series during the summer of 2014 , right before their Keurig 2.0 series was set to debut. Keurig wanted to roll the defining features of the Vue series, larger serving sizes and additional controls/functionality, into the Keurig 2.0 series with pod scanning technology. Which Keurig is discontinued? Keurig K300 2.0 … Read more
Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc., the Bay Area-based cafe chain, is going private for $977.6 million – but it’s not being sold to Starbucks , its giant Seattle rival. Instead, German conglomerate Joh. A. Benckiser will shell out $73.50 a share to buy the emeryville company, paying a 29% premium on Friday’s $57.16 closing price. … Read more