Brick-and-mortar restaurants are rolling out new store designs as their digital businesses increase in size. Chipotle Mexican Grill, in one case, is testing evolved design “to better support its billion-dollar digital business,” the quick-service restaurant (QSR) company said in an announcement, which noted that the...
To create a more formidable contender to take on Starbucks and Nestlé, JAB Holdings is bringing together some of the best-known coffee brands in the world. The investment firm will merge premium U.S. coffee brand Peet’s Coffee and coffee roaster Jacobs Douwe Egberts Group into...
May 19, 2020
In a wager that coffee’s strength will be attractive to investors during the pandemic, the investment company behind Pret A Manger, Panera Bread and Peet’s Coffee is reportedly proceeding with a coffee business initial public offering (IPO). JAB Holdings’ intended offering of JDE Peet would likely be the biggest IPO in Europe in 2020 to […]
December 17, 2019
To create a more formidable contender to take on Starbucks and Nestlé, JAB Holdings is bringing together some of the best-known coffee brands in the world. The investment firm will...