Oct 27, 2025Last Updated Oct 27, 2025Keurig Dr Pepper Invests $7B Behind Coffee, Refreshment Bevs RevampKeurig Dr Pepper (KDP) announced $7 billion in new investment and offered nervous investors a confident appraisal of its much-scruitinized plan to separate its…Oct 14, 2025Starboard Value Takes Stake in KDP Following Peet’s Merger BacklashActivist investor Starboard Value has taken a sizable share in the soft drink giant, building its stake in the weeks since the $18 billion acquisition of the…Aug 25, 2025Last Updated Aug 25, 2025KDP Agrees $18B Deal to Acquire JDE Peet’s, Creating Coffee ‘Pure Play’KDP is acquiring JDE Peet’s in an $18 billion deal and will divide its coffee segment from its refreshment beverages into two companies.
Dec 20, 2019Last Updated Dec 20, 2019Investment Roundup: Grady’s Calls for Crowdfunding; JAB Forms Peet’s JDEIn this roundup of recent investment and M&A news, New York-based Grady’s Cold Brew kicks off a crowdfunding investment campaign online, IFF and DuPont come…
Oct 7, 2019Peet’s Closes Coldcraft Unit to Focus on Shelf-Stable Coffee InnovationsPeet’s has cooled its efforts to create a regional cold chain distribution system. The company has ceased operations of its Coldcraft direct store distribution…Oct 4, 2019Peet’s Coffee Expands Ready-to-Drink Portfolio with Debut of Blended CoffeesPeet’s Coffee will preview Peet’s Blended Coffee, a new line of four ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages, at this year’s National Association of Convenience Stores…May 21, 2019Peet’s Iced Espresso Teams Up with Comedian Iliza ShlesingerIliza Shlesinger brings high-energy laughs whenever she takes the stage—and now off the stage – the comedienne is partnering with Peet’s Iced Espresso. Peet’s…
Jul 17, 2018Last Updated Jul 17, 2018People Moves: Peet’s, Dunkin’ Brands Name New CEOsShakeups at three major coffee players: Peet’s announces former Wrigley president as CEO; Dunkin’ Brands promotes Hoffman to chief executive position;…
Apr 27, 2018Last Updated Apr 27, 2018Peet’s Pushes Ahead in RTDBuoyed by an expansion of its cold-chain distribution network Coldcraft, the Emeryville, Calif.-based coffee roaster and retailer is preparing several new RTD…
Feb 15, 2018Last Updated Feb 15, 2018Peet’s Coffee CEO Dave Burwick Joins Boston Beer CompanyDave Burwick, the CEO of Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc., has departed the Bay Area-based specialty coffee maker to take the helm at Boston Beer, the producer of…
Dec 18, 2017Last Updated Dec 18, 2017BevNET Live Video: Coffee Conversations with Peet’s, Califia FarmsBevNET Live 2017 featured discussions with two high-profile companies driving the coffee category’s prodigious growth over the past year: Dave Burwick,…
Dec 4, 2017Last Updated Jan 11, 2018BevNET Live Winter 2017: Day One RecapThe first day of BevNET Live Winter 2017 in Santa Monica probed the coffee category for answers on how entrepreneurs can handle competitions and asked…
Aug 24, 2017Last Updated Dec 29, 2017Revive Lands $7.5M Peet’s InvestmentThe capital infusion will be used to grow Revive’s brewery operations, scale its staff, and expand its national distribution footprint, which will include…
May 2, 2017Last Updated Dec 27, 2017Peet’s Coffee Seeks Cold Brew Dominance with ‘Coldcraft’ UnitThe company announced today the creation of Coldcraft, a new business unit dedicated to cold brew coffee innovation and distribution. Coldcraft will focus on…
