Keurig Dr Pepper to buy JDE Peet's in $18B deal that will make two new public companies

Keurig Dr Pepper has agreed to pay $18 billion to buy coffee brand JDE Peet’s in a transformational deal that will split the firm into two US-listed companies.It will essentially unwind the 2018 merger that put Keurig, known for its coffee brewers and K-Cups, and soda titan Dr Pepper under the same roof – today valued at around $50 billion.“This is a bold move,” Keurig Dr Pepper CEO Tim Cofer told the Wall Street Journal.  4 Keurig Dr Pepper has struck an $18 billion deal to buy coffee brand JDE Peet’s. C ...