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Peet's Coffee & Tea bows out of bidding for Diedrich Coffee

Dec. 7, 2009
Peet's decision to not raise its offer left Green Mountain Coffee Roasters the apparent winner of the takeover battle. Green Mountain had offered $290 million for Diedrich. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. looks to have won a bidding war to purchase Diedrich Coffee Inc., the Irvine coffee...
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Kraft settles case with Green Mountain

WATERBURY, Vt., Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Kraft Foods Inc. has agreed to settle a patent infringement complaint for $17 million, Vermont's Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. said in a statement.

Mr. Brown instant coffee recalled

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. food safety officials said seven Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products were recalled because of possible melamine contamination.

Canada recalls Mr. Brown instant coffee

OTTAWA, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to consume some Mr. Brown-brand instant coffee products since they might contain melamine.

Cat poo coffee: $100 a cup

LONDON, April 10 (UPI) -- The British department store Peter Jones has announced plans to sell coffee, harvested from the dung of Indonesian jungle cats, for $100 a cup.

Cafe in Japan serves 'coffee stout'

MITO, Japan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A cafe in Mito, Japan, is serving "Coffee Stout," a coffee-flavored beer, the Mainichi Daily News reported.

Quebec firm buys Green Mountain Power

COLCHESTER, Vt., June 22 (UPI) -- Green Mountain Power Corp., the environmentally sensitive U.S. utility, is being sold for $187 million.

Starbucks to pour 500,000 free cups

SEATTLE, March 14 (UPI) -- Starbucks will host its first-ever National Coffee Break, inviting customers in for a complimentary cup of fresh coffee, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Starbucks estimates it will serve more than 500,000 cups of coffee in its more than 7,500 U.S. stores

USAID expands credit to African coffee farmers

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Agency for International Development Friday gave a $2 million loan to extend lending services to coffee farmers in five East African countries.

Coffee revenues getting rather robust

CHICAGO, March 15 (UPI) -- Coffee prices are soaring, the result of continued high demand and droughts in Brazil and Vietnam, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.

Green Mountain Coffee raises prices

WATERBURY, Vt., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters of Waterbury, Vt., Wednesday raised its price 35 cents per pound for roasted coffee.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler