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Ryan Wilbur and Laila Ghambari Buy Portland’s Guilder and Junior’s Roasted Coffee

Portland, Oregon-area coffee professionals Ryan Wilbur and Laila Ghambari have purchased the progressive and influential sibling coffee businesses, Guilder and Junior’s Roasted Coffee. The married couple plans to maintain existing...

2024.04.27

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Italian Firm Completes 50% Acquisition of Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group

Italian investment firm QuattroR has completed its 50% acquisition of privately owned Italian multinational coffee giant Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group S.p.A. (MZB) With the acquisition, the group’s board named longtime...

2024.04.10

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Brewing Equipment Specialists Unite as Torr Acquires Brew Bomb Brand

California-based brewing, filling and dispensing equipment manufacturer Torr Industries has acquired a majority stake in Gunga LLC, the company that owns and markets the Brew Bomb brand of coffee brewing...

2024.04.03

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Probat Extends Reach with Two Equipment Manufacturer Acquisitions

German coffee roasting equipment giant Probat is on something of a buying streak, acquiring two separate food processing equipment companies within a two-week span. The companies add to the Probat...

2024.03.14

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Toronto’s Pilot Coffee Roasters Acquiring Bridgehead Coffee for $3.6 Million

Toronto, Ontario-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer Pilot Coffee Roasters is acquiring Ottawa-based Bridgehead Coffee in a deal worth approximately US$3.6 million. Bridgehead, which has 21 coffee shop locations throughout...

2024.01.31

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JDE Peet’s Acquiring Caribou Coffee Roasting Operation in $260 Million Deal

Minnesota-based Caribou Coffee is licensing its brand in consumer packaged goods and foodservice to multinational coffee roasting and distribution giant JDE Peet’s in a deal worth approximately $260 million, according...

2024.01.20

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Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer Maker Nutpods Acquired by MPearlRock

Dairy-free coffee creamer company Nutpods has been acquired by an investment group by the name of MPearlRock for an undisclosed sum. Nutpods was founded in 2013 in greater Seattle by...

2024.01.19

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De’Longhi Combines La Marzocco and Eversys for New Coffee Machine Group

De’Longhi Group is creating what it calls a “business combination” between Italian espresso machine giant La Marzocco and Swiss super-automatic coffee machine maker Eversys. The transaction, announced late last month...

2024.01.03

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The Biggest Coffee Business News Stories of 2023

To kick off our 2023 Year in Review series, we look back on some of the biggest business stories of the year in the specialty coffee industry. As they have...

2023.12.22

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Chobani Buys La Colombe Coffee for $900 Million

New York State-based packaged yogurt giant Chobani has acquired Philadelphia-born coffee company La Colombe for $900 million. The deal follows nearly a decade’s worth of interest in the coffee company...

2023.12.16

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