Bruegger’s Acquires the Assets of Timothy’s Retail Operations to Build Presence in Canada

Indexes rose sharply Monday, although they closed off their session highs. The Nasdaq, NYSE composite and S&P 500 rose 1.4% each, while the Dow added 1.3%. Volume fell across the board. Diedrich Coffee (DDRX) gapped up to a nearly 12-year high, surging 7.66, or 29%, to 33.65. Peet's Coffee & Tea (PEET) raised its offer for the maker of K-Cup single-cup servings to $32 a share. The new bid came after Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) made a

Peet's Coffee & Tea (Nasdaq: PEET) raised its offer for the wholesale roaster and distributor Diedrich Coffee Inc. (Nasdaq: DDRX) by about 24% to $265 million. The new offer values Diedrich at $32 a share, $2 a competing bid from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq: GMCR).

Under the terms of Peet's revised proposal, Peet's said it will pay $19.80 in cash and 0.321 of one share of Peet's common stock for each share of Diedrich common stock. Investors sent Diedrich shares higher by nearly 30%, indicating they favor the new proposal and that Peet's could raise its offer again.

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) recently acquired Timothy’s Coffees of the World, Inc., an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. The acquisition was a cash transaction of approximately $157 million. The acquisition includes the Timothy’s World Coffee brand and the wholesale business. However, the deal does not include retail operations. The retail portion of the [...]

(GMCR) Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Aquires Timothy’s Coffees of the World