Showing posts with label Caribou Coffee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Caribou Coffee. Show all posts

3.30.2015

Caribou Coffee Launches Workday Roast, Coffee that Stays Hot for Eight Hours






Caribou Coffee Launches Workday Roast, Coffee that Stays Hot for Eight Hours

Excerpt:

The beans in Caribou's Workday Roast contain natural inherent compounds that when exposed to water, produce a slow exothermic reaction and allow the coffee to self-heat for eight hours. The Minneapolis-based coffee company sourced the coffee beans from the island of Pilosa Flor, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. "We trek the globe to work with sustainable farmers to produce top-quality coffee," said Nate Hrobak, Caribou Coffee Roastmaster. "Our friends in Papua New Guinea talked about the island of Pilosa Flor housing a unique terrain that is not ubiquitous in traditional coffee-yielding territories. Once the beans were harvested and brought back to our Roastery, we noticed the beans contained drastically different compounds but were shocked that the coffee stayed hot for that long." Workday Roast will stay hot for an entire workday and is expected to increase productivity by three percent, saving the average employee 14 minutes each day by eliminating the need to discard cold coffee. The new Workday Roast is a full-bodied medium roast with notes of nutmeg and anise. Workday Roast will be available April 1 in Caribou Coffee's 400 domestic stores,
Comment: Do your best to hold it in your bladder! Would make for painful urination. Top image source.

Last year's:



12.17.2012

What do Caribou, Peet's and D.E Master Blenders 1753 N.V. have in common?


Twin Cities-based Caribou Coffee being purchased for $340 million
Excerpt:

Twin Cities-based Caribou Coffee, the nation's No. 2 coffeehouse chain, is being bought for $340 million, the company and its German buyer announced Monday.  

Specifically, the deal has Caribou of Brooklyn Center being purchased for $16 a share, representing a premium of about 30 percent over the closing stock price on Friday. The transaction is valued at $340 million and has been unanimously approved by Caribou's independent directors.

... Joh. A. Benckiser and affiliated companies is focused on long term investments in companies with premium brands in consumer goods. JAB's portfolio includes a majority stake in Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc., which it acquired in July for $941 million.

... Benckiser also has a 15 percent stake in D.E Master Blenders 1753 N.V., which is comprised of the former international coffee and tea holdings of Sara Lee Corp.
Comment: On my stock buying ... I really wanted to buy stock in PEET (now unlisted) but never brought myself to it. Image source