Business
Peet’s Coffee & Tea bows out of bidding for Diedrich Coffee
Dec. 8, 2009
Green Mountain Coffee to buy Diedrich for $290 Million
Starbucks agrees to buy 40 outlets, allowing the Irvine company to focus on its fast-growing wholesale business.
Sept. 15, 2006
Battle for Diedrich Coffee heats up
Dec. 7, 2009
Carl Diedrich, a German-born vagabond whose modest coffee-roasting business gave rise to the international Diedrich Coffee chain, died at his Costa Mesa home recently of complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Aug. 8, 2001
As part of a push into the Southwest, Canada’s largest chain of gourmet coffeehouses agreed Wednesday to acquire Orange County’s Diedrich Coffee.
Oct. 27, 1994
Obituary: Vagabond held jobs around the world until starting business in Costa Mesa in early ‘70s.
Diedrich Coffee Inc. said Thursday that Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water Co. has agreed to offer Diedrich coffee to offices in Southern California served by Arrowhead’s coffee sales unit.
March 13, 1998
Diedrich Coffee agrees to be swallowed by Green Mountain Roasters
Dec. 9, 2009
Family-owned Diedrich Coffee, which said it spurned a buyer two years ago for fear of growing too fast, has itself embarked on an aggressive expansion drive and is expected to go public soon to grow even more.
July 3, 1996