SAINT LOUIS, U.S. –Panera Bread has become the latest brand to be purchased by JAB Holdings, a privately held company that has quietly bought up an impressive line of businesses in or adjacent to the coffee space. In addition to agreeing to pay $7 billion for Panera, which has over 2,000 locations and about $5 billion in annual sales ...
CANTON, MA and WASHINGTON, DC , U.S. – Dunkin’ Donuts and Amtrak today announced that Dunkin’ Donuts Original Blend and Dunkin’ Decaf hot coffee varieties are now available on board Amtrak Acela Express high-speed trains throughout the Northeast Corridor.
VEVEY, Switzerland – Nestlé reported today three-month sales for 2017. Highlights include a 0.4% increase in sales and a solid organic growth at 2.3% with 1.3% of real internal growth (RIG) and pricing of 1.0%. Sales were reduced by foreign exchange (-0.4%) and net divestments (-1.5%).
DUNEDIN, New Zealand – Lovers of fruit drink Raro and Gregg's instant coffee face uncertain times as the brands' manufacturer is put on the market. Japanese company Suntory Food and Beverage has put up for sale the food and instant coffee divisions of its Cerebos companies in Australia and New Zealand, along with ...
ELMSFORD, NY, U.S. – Urnex Brands, LLC announced today that the company was named a Top 10 Performing Supplier by Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (Keurig), a leader in innovative single serve brewing systems. Urnex received this award based on a combination of high performance and reliability across operational, customer service ...
TRIESTE, Italy – illycaffè launches the new Y3, the coffee machine designed by Architect Piero Lissoni, which premiered at the last Salone del Mobile in Milan. A new challenge involving the combination of design and technology in an object for everyday use to introduce a new consumer target group to the taste of the unique illy blend ...
SEOUL, South Korea – Capsule coffee brand Nescafe Dolce Gusto has launched a limited-edition single-origin Brazilian capsule, the company said Thursday. The Catuai do Brazil capsule contains Catuai Arabica, chosen by Dolce Gusto’s coffee creators out of the 50 kinds of Arabica beans grown by the South American company.
COPPELL, Texas, U.S. – A video is available on YouTube featuring Mannatech, Incorporated’s GlycoCafe, the world’s most complete coffee, infused with the company’s innovative Glyconutrients, making it a healthy choice for coffee lovers. While most coffees on the market today only use roasted coffee beans ...
TRIESTE, Italy – illycaffè announces that Guido Sciascia has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer. Reporting directly to Managing Director Massimiliano Pogliani, Sciascia will be in charge of effectively overseeing all marketing mix levers and of improving the performance of the critical success factors outlined in the new corporate strategic plan.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Cerebos Australia and Cerebos Gregg’s New Zealand (“Cerebos”) has announced that following a strategic review with parent company Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd (“SBF”), it will commence a process which may lead to the sale of its Food & Instant Coffee business in Australia, New Zealand and Asian Home Gourmet ...
DAK LAK, Vietnam – The coffee export volume from Vietnam accounts for 20 percent of the world’s market, but the export value just accounts for 2 percent, according to the Vietnam Coffee & Cocoa Association (Vicofa). For every one kilo of coffee, Vietnam can only pocket 10 percent of the value, while the remaining value goes to foreign companies.
LOS ANGELES, California, U.S – Shane G. Whittle, one of several individuals and international companies implicated in a 2015 SEC civil complaint [SEC v. Jammin' Java Corp, et al, Case No. 2:15-cv-8921-SVW (C.D. Cal. 2015)] alleging a pump-and-dump scheme that occurred in 2011 involving the stock of Jammin' Java Corp. ...