Keurig to Be Sold to Global Coffee Empire
A private equity firm will acquire Keurig Green Mountain in a $13.9 billion deal. The Vermont-headquartered company, which specializes in single-serve coffee machines, announced the deal Monday with an investor group headed by JAB Holding Co. Luxembourg-based JAB already is involved in several major coffee and beverage companies. The private firm holds the controlling stakes in Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Peet’s Coffee & Tea and...
From Screens to Spoons
Bradford, Vt. — Ed Morrison had had his fill of the West Coast. Now, he wants others to eat their fill. His stint as an extra in movies and TV shows was fun, he said, but it doesn’t beat seeing a happy customer enjoy one of his hearty “country breakfasts.” “I’m all about family and feeding the people,” Morrison said, fresh off the breakfast shift at the Green Mountain Diner. “Nobody goes away hungry from here.” Morrison opened the...
Development Group Names New Leader
White River Junction — The Green Mountain Economic Development Corp. has reached out to well-known Upper Valley commercial real estate executive Bob Haynes to succeed its outgoing executive director, Joan Goldstein, at the White River Junction-based regional development agency. Haynes, a Norwich resident and Dartmouth College graduate, serves as director of business development at Williston, Vt.-based DEW Construction/MacMillan Corp....
