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Now Starbucks Is Trying to Swallow Up Peet’s? Who’s Next?

Word on the street is that Starbucks is in talks to buy Peet’s, in yet another move toward world coffee domination. They’ve already taken Seattle’s Best and made it their budget brand; they bought Clover; and they just partnered with Keurig/Green Mountain Roasters on the whole single-cup thing. And now they want to swallow up the Bay Area’s biggest coffee brand, too. Who’s next? And does this mean we can expect burned beans from Peet’s in the near future? [Reuters]

Now Starbucks Is Trying to Swallow Up Peet’s? Who’s Next?