Your weekly round-up of the 5 greatest tales from throughout the worldwide espresso trade…
- Additional company layoffs confirmed by Starbucks
- Is Costa Espresso being prepped for a company restructure?
- KDP seeks new management for its International Espresso Co unit
- Germany’s Espresso Fellows eyes new progress with head workplace adjustments
- Einstein Bros. Bagels seeks to catalyse rising bagel demand within the US
1. Starbucks confirms newest spherical of job cuts
Having already reduce 2,300 head workplace jobs for the reason that begin of 2025, the world’s largest espresso chain has introduced additional redundancies.
The most recent layoffs, which affect company roles in Europe and East Asia, come as Starbucks seeks to switch extra help centre tasks to its international headquarters in Seattle or to native licensees.
2. Coca-Cola exploring company restructure of its Costa Espresso enterprise, report says
The US drinks group has reportedly engaged two restructuring corporations to hold out an operational overview of its Costa Espresso enterprise.
The transfer, but to be confirmed by Coca-Cola or Costa, comes lower than a yr after the Atlanta-based group didn’t discover a purchaser for the 4,200-store espresso store enterprise final yr.
3. Keurig Dr Pepper’s International Espresso Co hits a snag
Lower than three months after asserting a CEO for its deliberate International Espresso Co spin off, Texas-based KDP is looking for a brand new chief to handle its sizeable espresso portfolio.
The drinks large is planning a US itemizing for its new International Espresso Co entity in the beginning of 2027 following the $18bn acquisition of JDE Peet’s in April 2026.
4. Germany’s Espresso Fellows again below full founding household management
The Munich-based hospitality group has introduced a number of key company adjustments that it says will place it for vital progress over the subsequent few years.
To help its ambitions, which embody enlargement of each its espresso store and lodge companies, Espresso Fellows is bringing management of the group again below the total possession of the Tewes household and has introduced plans for a Co-CEO construction – each efficient from 1 July 2026.
5. Einstein Bros. Bagels bakes up new US enlargement plan
Outfitted with a brand new retailer design and buoyed by rising client urge for food for its bagel and low providing, the Panera Manufacturers portfolio firm has introduced plans to open lots of of recent retailers throughout the US.
The transfer may see Einstein Bros. Bagels turn out to be the second-largest food-focused operator in the $58.5bn US branded espresso store market.
