They say it all started when JAB Holdings acquired Peet’s Coffee & Tea in July 2012 for US$974 million in cash. When the privately held German Read more
Russia revives hot drinks growth
The fifteen countries that once made up the Soviet Union are the home of about four per cent of the world’s population and only about two Read more
Emerging markets are Nestlé’s secret weapon against JDE
Since the formation of Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) in 2015, the global retail coffee market is fast becoming a bipolar struggle between JDE and the global Read more
Coffee as a functional food
With all the attention now being given to so-called functional foods – those foods that have an additional health benefit or other desirable effect on the Read more
Ready-to-drink coffee poised to take off
The global ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee market has grown considerably over the past five years, now making it a US$18 billion retail market, according to Euromonitor International’s Read more
The trickle down of the barista economy
It has become economic shorthand for the shift of developed nations towards a more service-based economy, but the term “barista economy”, and the trend it represents, Read more
Jacobs Douwe Egberts aims for global domination
A joint venture between DE Master Blenders and Mondelēz International looks set to shake up the global coffee landscape. The Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) joint venture, which Read more
Dangerous grounds
The world’s youngest country is infamous for conflict and oil. Decades of war in South Sudan has killed tens of thousand undefined Read more
Brazilian flowering focus – one year on
One year on from the widespread focus on the 2014 Brazilian wet season (or lack thereof), once again it is that stage of the crop cycle Read more
Currencies and coffee – an undeniable correlation
Currency devaluations across the world have been a feature for the coffee market in recent months, and indeed for the broad commodity spectrum. A weakening local currency Read more