The Midwest coffee mergers continue to march toward a singularity, but this time itโs not from who you might think, nor is it staying contained to the American heartland. St. Louis, Missouriโs Kaldiโs Coffee they are merging with Olympia, Washingtonโs Dancing Goats Coffee.
The announcement came this week that the two brands would join forces, presumably coalescing around their shared love of naming companies after coffeeโs origin story and Atlanta cafe outposts. As part of the merger, all eight Dancing Goats Olympia and Atlanta-area cafes and the Olympia roastery will continue under the Dancing Goats brand. But the Dancing Goats Atlanta roastery will now shift to producing coffee under the Kaldiโs moniker, working alongside the already-established St. Louis roastery. The 15 Kaldiโs Coffee cafes in Missouri and Georgia will go unchanged.
The two companies have a combined 64 years in the coffee industry, starting in 1988 and 1994 for Dancing Goats and Kaldiโs, respectively. Both have been family-owned since their beginnings and the merger results from โa long friendshipโ forged over the decades in coffee.
โWe were two families with the same dream decades ago, and today weโre proudly one company, united in our shared values and our passion for quality,โ states Kaldiโs co-owner Tricia Zimmer Ferguson. โTogether, the combined experience of our coffee professionals equips us to continue Dancing Goatsโ pioneering legacy while building a successful future together.โ
The real-time effect of the merger on the overall customer experience is minimal. All Atlanta-area Kaldiโs will begin serving coffees from the new Atlanta roastery, blends in particular, per the statement. Meanwhile, all southeastern Dancing Goats locations will now sell Kaldiโs whole-bean coffee.
For more information, visit Kaldi’s Coffee’s official website.
Zac Cadwaladerย is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.ย Read more Zac Cadwaladerย on Sprudge.
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