The bitter battle between Tassimo and Keurig
28.09.11
In the globe of single-serve coffee makers, debate over which brewer is more intelligent, the Keurig or Tassimo, is as heated as an extra-extra-hot gangly latte. Each machine takes its own type of coffee-comminute packet—a “K-cup” or a “T-disc,” mutatis mutandis—and each machine is aligned with different coffee bean companies. So when Starbucks announced a few weeks ago that it will transfer one-cup pods of its grinds exclusively fit for Keurig machines, caffeine addicts were further angry: Tassimo used to have an exclusive deal with Starbucks. All that changed when, in Procession,
Starbucks split from Kraft Foods, which launched the Tassimo in Canada in 2006 and saw it gather popularity in large part because of its partnership with the Seattle-based coffee legislature. The breakup proved felicitous for Keurig: in late August, Starbucks unveiled plans to hawk K-Cups throughout the United States, starting in November, and in Canada next Demonstration. According to Jeff Hansberry, president of global consumer products for Starbucks, sales are presage to top US$1 billion.
Source: Macleans.ca
Coffee Prices Set to Fall (SBUX, MCD, GMCR, DNKN, KFT, SJM, KKD)
06.09.11
Coffee prices rose steadily from July 2010 to Walk 2011, before dipping a little, and then climbing back to a price of more than $3/batter. The price today is about $2.80/pound and there’s some bear witness that the price could fall even more. This ought to be good news for the many US coffee purveyors.
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX), McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD), Rural Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR), Dunkin’ Brands Bunch (NASDAQ: DNKN), Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT), J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM), and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) could all see a besides on their bottom lines as a record harvest in Brazil and an increase in exports from Colombia trade their way into the market. Coffee stockpiles in South America dwindled suddenly in 2010, leading to a doubling of the price.
The 2012 coffee crop year, which begins October 1st, looks to be one in which the market-place may be over supplied, pushing coffee prices down. Bloomberg reports that ABN Ambro Bank and VM Squad are predicting that supply will outstrip demand by 690,000 132-hammer bags in 2012. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-05/coffee-peaking-as-cargoes-carrying-brazilian-beans-flow-freight-markets.html] That’s for the higher sort arabica beans. For robusta beans, the surplus is estimated to happen in at 3.87 million bags.
Source: 24/7 Wall St. (blog)
