2025 Year in Review2025 Year in Review: Coffee Business News
Underneath the dark cloud of tariffs that hung over the coffee industry for much of the year, the business of specialty coffee carried on at a breakneck pace. Among the...
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2025 Year in Review
acquisitionsNew Investment Firm Sojourner Acquires Hawaii Coffee Company
A private investment firm led by the past chairman of Canada’s Kicking Horse Coffee made an undisclosed investment in Honolulu-based Hawaii Coffee Company, one of the largest coffee roasting and...
acquisitionsVEA Group Launches with Merged Companies Carimali, Elektra and More
As of Nov. 1, VEA Group officially formed in Italy through the merger of coffee equipment companies Carimali, Elektra, Heylo and Bellezza. VEA initially launched as a holding company in...
acquisitionsBrewing 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...
acquisitionsToronto’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...
acquisitionsJDE 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...
acquisitionsDe’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...
2023 Year In ReviewThe 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...