Dunkin’ Donuts has a partnership with Keurig Green Mountain to package the chain’s coffee in plastic K-Cups for brewing in homes and offices. The company makes a lot of money from selling these pods, but some shareholders concerns about the amount of trash that results from K-Cups, and they want Dunkin’ to put some serious thought into this aspect of their business. [More]
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Here’s How To Request Your Keurig KOLD Refund
By 6.7.16
Upon hearing the news that Keurig Green Mountain is killing off its KOLD soda machine after less than a year on the market and refunding customers who paid up to $370 for the device, you might be thinking, “Hey, I have one of those things — how do I get my piece of the refund pie?” We’ve got answers. [More]
Keurig Killing Kold Soda Machine After Less Than A Year On The Market, Will Offer Customers Full Refunds
By 6.7.16
Keurig Green Mountain’s big hopes for an at-home soda machine to rival SodaStream have gone flat: the company says it’s dropping the KOLD machine after less than a year on the market, and will offer customers a full refund for the countertop appliances. [More]
Keurig Parent Company Wants Doughnuts With That Coffee, Buys Krispy Kreme
By 5.9.16
You might not know the name JAB Holding, but it could be behind your morning’s breakfast: the company already owns coffee brands like Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Caribou, and Keurig Green Mountain, and now it’s folding a doughnut brand into its ranks with a just-announced acquisition of Krispy Kreme. [More]
Starbucks Launching Pumpkin Spice K-Cups
By 3.24.16
We’re still months away from peak pumpkin spice season, but that’s not stopping one of the most well-known pumpkin-flavor peddlers from starting to tease its fall strategy. Starbucks says it’ll launch a new “Pumpkin Spice Caffè Latte” K-Cup this fall. [More]
Keurig Green Mountain Selling Itself For $13.9B To Private-Equity Company
By 12.7.15
If you thought that cup of coffee you picked up on the way to work this morning cost a pretty penny, then can you imagine how the much one of the biggest names in the coffee biz would go for? Well, if you guessed $13.9 billion, then you should probably go buy a lottery ticket, as that’s how much Keurig plans to sell itself for. [More]
Here’s A Simple Method To Use Old K-Cups In Your Keurig 2.0 Machine
By 12.11.14
The Keurig 2.0 system has arrived, which is good news for people who like to make an entire pot of cartridge coffee, and terrible news for anyone who just bought a huge case of the wrong coffee pods at Costco. Older K-Cups aren’t backwards compatible…well, they aren’t supposed to be. [More]
Keurig Makes Deal To Produce K-Cups For Maxwell House & Other Kraft-Branded Coffees
By 8.22.14
Remember a few years ago when we showed you the astonishing video of the shrinking Maxwell House cans? Well, it’s about to get even smaller because Kraft, the maker of the “eh, it’s good enough” coffee, struck a deal giving Keurig to power to produce single-serve K-cups of its java. [More]
