The Company Behind The Keurig Acquisition Builds A Coffee Empire
JAB Holdings Company recently announced that it would acquire single-cup coffee brewing company Keurig Green Mountain for $13.9 billion, adding to its coffee empire. To show readers just how far the company’s arm reaches, Business Insider broke down JAB’s coffee portfolio:
2012: JAB acquires Peet’s Coffee and Tea for $1 billion
2013: JAB acquires Minnesota-based Caribou Coffee Co. for $340 million
2013: JAB purchased D.E. Master Blenders 1753
2014: D.E Master Blenders 1753, Mondelez International Combine Coffee Businesses To Form New Company, Jacobs Douwe Egberts
2014: JAB buys Einstein Bros. parent company
2014: JAB acquires Espresso House, a European coffee chain
2015: Peet’s Coffee and Tea acquires Stumptown and Intelligensia
JAB investments are overseen by Peter Harf, Bart Becht and Olivier Goudet.