Who is the owner of Black and White Coffee Roasters?
Black and White Coffee Roasters is the brainchild of two US Barista Champions. Founded in 2017, Kyle and Lem were inspired by the coffee they experienced at the competitive level and wanted to make those coffees as widely available as possible. ROAST Coffee was founded in 2014 based on a dream to create a transparent channel for great coffee between farmers and coffee lovers around the world. Andreas Astrup, a coffee enthusiast, founded ROAST Coffee in 2014.
Who owns Diedrich Coffee?
About us. Diedrich Coffee was purchased by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in 2009. Diedrich is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Mountain and is part of its specialty coffee division. Irvine-based Diedrich Coffee, conceding defeat in the coffee shop duel with Starbucks, agreed to sell 40 stores it owns to its Seattle rival for $13. The local company will remain in business as a roaster and wholesaler of coffee beans. The sale includes all company-owned Diedrich and Coffee People locations.History. The history of the company started with Charlotte Diedrich inheriting a coffee plantation in Costa Rica in 1916. Her son, Carl Diedrich joined the business in 1946 and purchased a coffee plantation in Antigua, Guatemala, in 1966. The first coffeehouse, a roastery, opened in Newport Beach in 1972.Irvine-based Diedrich Coffee, conceding defeat in the coffee shop duel with Starbucks, agreed to sell 40 stores it owns to its Seattle rival for $13. The local company will remain in business as a roaster and wholesaler of coffee beans. The sale includes all company-owned Diedrich and Coffee People locations.