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Peet's Coffee & Tea is a San Francisco Bay Area based specialty coffee roaster and retailer. Founded in 1966 by Alfred Peet in Berkeley, California, Peet's is known for its early introduction of darker roasted arabica coffee, such as French roast and grades appropriate for espresso drinks, to Bay Area and US coffee retailing, for both freshly roasted beans and in-store brewed coffee. == History == Alfred Peet grew up in the coffee business while living in the Netherlands as a child. Moving to San Francisco when he was 35, he began roasting coffee in the 1960s. Peet started Peet's Coffee, Tea & Spices as a single store in 1966 in Berkeley, California. Peet's original outlet is still located on the corner of Walnut and Vine (2124 Vine Street) in the Gourmet Ghetto of North Berkeley, close to the University of California. That location now contains a museum, displaying memorabilia and historical coffee equipment. Peet's predates Starbucks, and served as a model for that enterprise. The three founders of the Seattle-based chain all knew Peet personally; when they began their store in 1971, they bought their beans directly from Peet's, and continued to do so for the first year of business. Peet sold his business in 1979 to Sal Bonavita, staying on as a consultant until 1984. In 1984, Jerry Baldwin, one of the founders of Starbucks, along with co-owner Jim Reynolds, the coffee buyer, and a group of investors, bought the four Bay Area Peet's locations from Bonavita. In 1987, Baldwin and Peet's owners sold the Starbucks chain to focus on Peet's, and Howard Schultz, Starbucks' new owner, entered into a four-year non-compete agreement in the Bay Area. The company went public in January 2001 (symbol PEET). After a successful IPO, shares struggled through the first year but posted solid gains from then on. In 2003, the first full-service Peet's store on a university campus was opened within the Clark Center building at Stanford University.〔("Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. Announces New Licensing and Supply Agreement with Stanford University's Residential & Dining Enterprises". ), ''Business Wire'', September 22, 2003〕 Peet's coffee is also currently served at all Stanford Dining locations. In 2005, UC Berkeley opened its own Peet's franchise on campus in Dwinelle Hall and as a campus restaurant near its existing dining area. Similarly in 2009, locations opened at the UW–Madison, Villanova University, Memorial Union and at UC San Diego. In 2007, Peet's opened a roasting plant in Alameda. This new plant replaced the former operations in Emeryville, California, and is a LEED certified, "green" facility.〔Jones, Carolyn (May 29, 2007). ("Peet's moves roasting plant to double output of coffee" ) ''San Francisco Chronicle'', p. B-2.〕 Peet's operated 193 retail locations as of the first quarter of 2010; most are in California, with further locations in Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. In May 2011, Peet's had a market cap of roughly $636 million, about 2.3% of Starbucks's.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. )〕 In 2012, Peet's was acquired for $974 million by the German company Joh. A. Benckiser. Benckiser is a holding company which is a part holder of the consumer products company Reckitt Benckiser.〔(Joh. A. Benckiser to Buy Peet’s Coffee & Tea for $974 Million )〕 Benckiser soon acquired Caribou Coffee; in April 2013, Caribou announced that they would close their stores outside an area encompassing Denver, Colorado, western Wisconsin, the states of Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, North Carolina, and Kansas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/caribou-coffee-closing-its-ohio-stores )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.facebook.com/cariboucoffee/posts/10151592900905953 )〕 Caribou stores in the remainder of the country that would remain open, about half of the total, would be rebranded as Peet's. In August 2014, Peet's acquired Mighty Leaf Tea, a specialty tea brand based in the Bay Area. It was announced on October 30, 2015 that Peet's Coffee & Tea was acquiring a majority stake in Chicago-based Intelligentsia Coffee. making this the second purchase in a month including Portland, Oregon's Stumptown Coffee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peet's Coffee & Tea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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