CG: Keurig and Dr. Pepper Snapple Surprise Investors With Merger
Industry Focus
The Motley Fool
4.6 • 854 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2018
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The buying spree at JAB Holding Company continues. After spending tens of billions of dollars scooping up coffee brands and restaurant chains, Dr. Pepper Snapple will become the latest addition to the empire after it merges with Keurig Green Mountain, a previous JAB acquisition. Here’s what investors need to know.
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| 0:19.6 | Welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast it dives into a different sector of the |
| 0:22.4 | stock market every day. |
| 0:24.0 | It's Tuesday, January 30th, and I'm your host, Vincent Shen. |
| 0:27.0 | Yesterday, a European investment firm announced yet another major deal, the latest in a multi-year shopping spree that has included coffee |
| 0:34.5 | brands, restaurant chains, and now a leading beverage company. |
| 0:38.2 | That firm is J.E.B. Holding Company, a conglomerate that will soon earn a regular guest |
| 0:42.4 | spot on industry focus given how many |
| 0:44.0 | companies has been scooping up from the consumer and retail sector but its latest |
| 0:48.6 | purchase will bring Dr. Pepper Snappell known for its namesake drinks, into the J-A-B family with almost 19 billion dollars being paid out to |
| 0:56.2 | Dr Pepper Snappell shareholders. |
| 0:58.6 | Joining me today in the full HQ studio to discuss the deal is full dot com contributor Daniel Klein. |
| 1:03.6 | Hey Dan, great to have you here in the flesh. |
| 1:05.0 | Oh, thanks for having me. |
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