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- JDE Peet's N.V. (JDE.DE) is the world's leading pure-play coffee and tea company, producing and marketing a portfolio of over 50 brands including roast and ground coffee, instant coffee, coffee pods and capsules, and tea products; key global powerhouses comprise Peet's, L'OR, and Jacobs, while local icons include Douwe Egberts, Gevalia, Kenco, Moccona, Pickwick, Pilão, and others such as Café Grand'Mère, Horniman's Tea, Maxwell House (outside North America), Senseo, Splendid, Tassimo, and OldTown White Coffee. The company operates through segments covering Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Peet's in North America, serving consumers, retailers, and foodservice customers in more than 100 markets worldwide; it employs over 21,000 people and generated EUR 8.8 billion in sales in 2024. Founded in 1753 with roots in Douwe Egberts and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, JDE Peet's is a subsidiary of Acorn Holdings B.V.. Recent developments include the completion in March 2024 of a long-term global license to manufacture, market, and sell Caribou Coffee products (excluding coffeehouses), expanding its premium U.S. portfolio alongside Peet's, Stumptown, and Intelligentsia; the launch in July 2025 of the 'Reignite the Amazing' brand-led growth strategy focusing on Peet's, L'OR, Jacobs, and local icons to deliver EUR 500 million in net savings by 2027 (with over half by end-2027), new medium-term financial targets, a capital allocation framework emphasizing organic growth, balance sheet strengthening to 2x net leverage, dividend increases, share buybacks, and a shift to asset-light M&A; and in August 2025, a definitive agreement for acquisition by Keurig Dr Pepper in an all-cash transaction, anticipated to create a global coffee leader with synergies including USD 400 million in cost savings, followed by KDP's separation into a beverage company and a global coffee entity, with ongoing preparations as of September 2025.