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Peet's Coffee & Tea acquires majority stake in Chicago Bakery

Published: 2024-09-17 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/09/17, Peets Coffee Tea, a boutique coffee chain based in Berkeley, California, has grown rapidly in recent years. Recently, Peets announced that it would buy a majority stake in Chicago roaster Intelligentsia Coffee. This is the second time in a month that Peets has acquired a small coffee chain. On October 6th, Peets announced the acquisition of boutique coffee, which is famous for its bottled cold coffee.

Peet's Coffee & Tea, a boutique coffee chain based in Berkeley, California, has grown rapidly in recent years. Recently, Peet's announced that it would buy a majority stake in Chicago roaster Intelligentsia Coffee.

This is the second time in a month that Peet's has acquired a small coffee chain. On Oct. 6, Peet's announced the acquisition of Stumptown, a boutique coffee known for its bottled cold drop coffee, as an independent brand and sold through its cafes, wholesale and retail channels.

Peet's said Intelligentsia will also continue to operate independently. The co-founder of Intelligentsia also plans to continue to be actively involved in the business.

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Since opening its first store on the West Coast, Peet's has opened coffee shops in California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon, Virginia, Washington and Washington, D.C.

Intelligentsia already has 10 coffee shops in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. Its coffee follows a rigorous process of growing, roasting and cooling, and provides a detailed description on the website.

Peet's Coffee & Tea CEO Dave Burwick says the strategic move is to constantly revolutionize brands to cater to millennials.

"Welcome Intelligentsia to join the Peet's family," the company issued a press release. At present, the US boutique coffee market is exploding, similar to the artisanal beer and Fresh Juice market. These changes are driven by wealthy 18-year-olds and 34-year-olds who prefer to look for a variety of new experiences, such as buying a variety of boutiques. " (for details, see the previous report in Huali Zhi: "American millennials drive a shift in coffee consumption towards a more expensive and better single cup of coffee.")

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Like Starbucks, Peet's 's main customer base is 18-to-34-year-olds. But the difference is that Starbucks currently has 21366 stores around the world, but Peet's has not yet expanded into the global market, with only 200 stores in the United States, so Peet's wants to become Starbucks' main competitor. There is a long way to go.

It is worth mentioning that the controller behind Peet's is Joh, which is owned by four German Reimann brothers with assets worth more than $20 billion. A. Benckiser SE Investment Holdings (JAB), JAB is also a major shareholder of Jimmy Choo, Bally and other luxury brands. In recent years, it is very interested in the coffee industry. In addition to Peet's, it has also spent a lot of money to acquire Caribou Coffee Company, D.E. Master Blenders 1753, which owns the Douwe Egberts coffee chain.

From: gorgeous comprehensive from the US website Business Insider, Wikipedia

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