acquisitionsKeurig Dr Pepper Names New Head of Coffee in the US
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) has appointed Olivier Lemire as president of its U.S. coffee business, according to an SEC filing signed Sept. 17, 2025. The move comes amid...
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CorporateDeath Wish Coffee Taps Former Nature’s Bakery Head as CEO
Upstate New York-based Death Wish Coffee recently named consumer packaged goods veteran Steve Gardiner CEO. Gardiner comes to Death Wish after serving for six years as an executive at...
Business OperationsCaribou Coffee Taps Scott Kennedy as CEO to Drive Store Growth
Caribou Coffee named Scott Kennedy president and CEO, formalizing the roles he has held on an interim basis since the March departure of John Butcher. Kennedy previously served as...
Alfred PeetStarbucks Co-Founder Gordon Bowker Dies at 82
Gordon Bowker, the writer-turned-entrepreneur who co-founded Starbucks in 1971 and helped set the course for the specialty coffee movement in Seattle and beyond, died last week at the age of...
Brian NiccolStarbucks Coffee is Laying Off 1,100 Corporate Employees
Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee is laying off 1,100 corporate staff members as part of a shakeup led by CEO Brian Niccol. Niccol, the former Chipotle CEO who took over the position...
Business OperationsCoffee Bean Taps Past Taco Bell and Starbucks Exec Tara Hinkle as Head of Americas
The California-born coffee chain The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) recently tapped former Taco Bell franchising finance executive Tara Hinkle to lead its business in the Americas. Hinkle joined...
acquisitionLöfbergs Acquires 100% Stake in Denmark’s Peter Larsen Kaffe
More than two decades after acquiring a 50% stake in Danish roasting company Peter Larsen Kaffe, Swedish coffee roasting company Löfbergs is acquiring a 100% stake. Claus Bertelsen, the longtime...
AlamedaCarlo Di Ruocco, the Original Mr. Espresso, Dies at 90
Carlo Di Ruocco, the Italian-born founder of the California roasting company Mr. Espresso who helped introduce espresso to a generation of Americans, died in his sleep on Jan. 17 at...
Atlas Coffee ImportersNKG Decentralizes Top Leadership, Names New CEO for the Americas
Hamburg, Germany-based green coffee conglomerate Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) is decentralizing its executive leadership structure, introducing three regional CEOs leading offices in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, and Middle...
Brian MillerFarmer Brothers Coffee Makes Two Key VP Appointments
Texas-based wholesale coffee company Farmer Brothers Coffee is tweaking its executive leadership with two key vice president appointments. Brian Miller, who most recently served as the vice president of customized...