{{short description|American coffee company}} {{Infobox company | name = Diedrich Coffee, Inc | logo = center|Diedrich Coffee logo | logo_alt = Diedrich Coffee, Inc logo | type = Subsidiary | slogan = | foundation = In {{start date and age|1972}} in Irvine, California | location = Irvine, California | key_people = J. Russell Philips, President and CEO<br />Sean McCarthy, Chief Financial Officer | num_employees = 815 as of February 25, 2005 | industry = Restaurants | products = Whole Bean Coffee <br />Food <br/>Beverages <br />Merchandise | revenue = $52.5 mill. (FY2004 net)<br>{{profit}} ($14.6 mill)|| | subsid = Diedrich Coffee, Inc<br />Coffee People | homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/19961102130724/http://www.diedrich.com/ Diedrich.com] | parent = Green Mountain Coffee Roasters }}

'''Diedrich Coffee''' was a coffee company based in Irvine, CA. Its first coffee house in Orange County, California was opened in 1972.

==History==

The history of the company started with Charlotte Diedrich inheriting a coffee plantation in Costa Rica in 1916. Her son, Carl Diedrich joined the business in 1946 and purchased a coffee plantation in Antigua, Guatemala, in 1966. The first coffeehouse, a roastery, opened in Newport Beach in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-24 |title=Celebrating The Rich Legacy Of Diedrich Coffee: A Journey From 1916 To Today - The Golden Lamb |url=https://thegoldenlamb.com/coffee-shops/diedrich-coffee/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Diedrich Coffee, a neighborhood coffeehouse, was founded by Martin Diedrich in 1983. He took over the retail, roasting and importing facets of the family business from retiring Carl. In September 1996, Diedrich Coffee went public.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

The company bought rival chain Coffee People, which also held the franchise rights to Gloria Jean's Coffees in the United States, in July 1999.<ref>[http://www.coffeepeople.com/companypages.tpl?cart=12236693624258855&comppage=aboutus&tname=companyhistory Heritage]{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Coffee people website. Retrieved October 10, 2008.</ref><ref>''Diedrich Coffee of Irvine, Calif., to Buy Coffee People of Beaverton, Ore.'', Tribune News, February 12, 1999 [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6617302_ITM courtesy link].</ref> In June 2004, Martin Diedrich resigned his position at Diedrich Coffee.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

In September 2006, Diedrich Coffee announced plans to close its company-owned retail stores under the Diedrich and Coffee People brands, with 40 locations being sold to rival Starbucks and reopened under that brand.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/09/18/starbucks-buys-coffee-people-stores-hippies-mourn/ | title = Starbucks buys Coffee People stores, hippies mourn | accessdate = 2006-09-18 | date = 2006-09-18 | publisher = AOL | archive-date = 2006-10-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061024032307/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/09/18/starbucks-buys-coffee-people-stores-hippies-mourn/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> The company continued as a roaster and wholesaler of coffee beans and as the franchisor of the Coffee People and Gloria Jean's brands.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1275961.php | title = Diedrich Coffee gives up fight | accessdate = 2006-09-14 | date = 2006-09-14 | publisher = Orange County Register }}</ref> The company also retained ownership of Coffee People stores inside the Portland International Airport.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/09/18/starbucks-buys-coffee-people-stores-hippies-mourn/ | title = Starbucks buys Coffee People stores, hippies mourn | accessdate = 2006-09-18 | date = 2006-09-18 | publisher = AOL | archive-date = 2006-10-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061024032307/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/09/18/starbucks-buys-coffee-people-stores-hippies-mourn/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 2009, Diedrich Coffee sold its US Gloria Jean's franchises to the Australian-owned Gloria Jean’s Coffees International.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3288200 |title=Diedrich Coffee Completes Sale of Gloria Jean's Coffees Domestic Franchise Operations |publisher=Istockanalyst.com |access-date=2012-08-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322113835/http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3288200 |archive-date=2012-03-22 }}</ref> As part of the deal, Diedrich retained the rights to use the Gloria Jean's brand in North America for wholesaling and Keurig coffee pods.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3288200 |title=Diedrich Coffee Completes Sale of Gloria Jean's Coffees Domestic Franchise Operations |publisher=Istockanalyst.com |access-date=2012-08-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322113835/http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/3288200 |archive-date=2012-03-22 }}</ref>

On November 3, 2009, California-based Peet's Coffee announced that it was buying Diedrich.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.streetinsider.com/Special+Reports/Notable+Mergers+and+Acquisitions+of+the+Day+113:+BRK.BBNI,+SWKBDK,+PEETDDRX/5068885.html | title = Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 11/3: BRK-BBNI, SWK-BDK, PEET-DDRX | accessdate = 2009-11-03 | date = 2009-11-03 | publisher = StreetInsider.com }}</ref> On December 8, 2009, Vermont-based Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. trumped the offer from Peet's Coffee and agreed to buy Diedrich for $290 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-diedrich9-2009dec09,0,2387981.story |title=Green Mountain Coffee to buy Diedrich for $290 Million |accessdate=2009-12-08 |date=2009-12-08 |work=LATimes.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213005710/http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-diedrich9-2009dec09,0,2387981.story |archivedate=December 13, 2009 }}</ref>

==See also== * List of coffeehouse chains * {{portal-inline|Coffee}}

==References== <references/>

==External links== *[http://www.diedrich.com/ Diedrich Coffee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517102826/http://www.diedrich.com/ |date=2006-05-17 }} *[http://www.coffeepeople.com/ Coffee People] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804012701/http://www.coffeepeople.com/ |date=2008-08-04 }} *[http://www.gloriajeans.com/ Gloria Jean's]

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Category:Restaurants established in 1972 Category:Coffeehouses and cafés in the United States Category:Fast-food chains of the United States Category:Companies based in Irvine, California Category:Regional restaurant chains in the United States Category:Coffee brands Category:1972 establishments in California