Peet's Coffee

Peet's Coffee
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Coffee shop
Founded	1966; Berkeley, California, U.S.
Founder	Alfred Peet (1920–2007)
Headquarters	Emeryville, California, U.S.
Number of locations	200 (2021)
Key people	Eric Lauterbach (president); Joris Knauf (chief financial officer); Doug Welsh (senior vice-president and roastmaster);
Products	Coffee beans, coffee beverages, teas, and food
Revenue	$983 million (FY 2019)
Number of employees	5,000
Parent	JDE Peet's (JAB Holding Company); (2012–present)
Subsidiaries	Stumptown Coffee Roasters; Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea; Mighty Leaf Tea
Website	peets.com

Peet's Coffee is a San Francisco Bay Area-based specialty coffee roaster and retailer owned by JAB Holding Company via JDE Peet's. Founded in 1966 by Alfred Peet in Berkeley, California, Peet's introduced the United States to its darker roasted Arabica coffee in blends including French roast and grades appropriate for espresso drinks.^[2]^[3]^[4] Peet's offers freshly roasted beans, brewed coffee and espresso beverages, as well as bottled cold brew.^[5] In 2007, Peet's opened the first LEED Gold Certified roastery in the United States.^[6] Peet's coffee is sold in over 14,000 grocery stores across the United States.^[7]

As of November 2021, the company had 200 stores in the United States.

^ Cheng, Andria. "As Peet's Coffee Parent Shares Surge Post IPO, Expect It To Be A Bigger Contender Against Starbucks". Forbes.
^ William M. Pride; Robert J. Hughes (January 2010). Foundations of Business. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780538744515.
^ Tina Gant (March 2009). International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 100. St. James Press. pp. 333–334. ISBN 9781558626348.
^ Ian Newton. The Coffee Culture.
^ McLellan, Michael. "Peet's Coffee & Tea. LLC". D&B Hoovers. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference sfgate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ John Kell (December 9, 2016). "Why Peet's Coffee Is Spending $58 Million on Fresher Coffee for the East Coast". Fortune. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

[1] Cheng, Andria. "As Peet's Coffee Parent Shares Surge Post IPO, Expect It To Be A Bigger Contender Against Starbucks". Forbes.

[2] William M. Pride; Robert J. Hughes (January 2010). Foundations of Business. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780538744515.

[3] Tina Gant (March 2009). International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 100. St. James Press. pp. 333–334. ISBN 9781558626348.

[4] Ian Newton. The Coffee Culture.

[:0-5] McLellan, Michael. "Peet's Coffee & Tea. LLC". D&B Hoovers. Retrieved March 6, 2017.

[sfgate-6] Cite error: The named reference sfgate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[pc-7] John Kell (December 9, 2016). "Why Peet's Coffee Is Spending $58 Million on Fresher Coffee for the East Coast". Fortune. Retrieved September 3, 2017.

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