K-Cup up for grabs as patent expires
BurlingtonFreePress.com
“Snapple just signed up a month ago. They could have had somebody else manufacture their K-Cups. Why haven't they? Folgers, Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, they all knew the patent was expiring. Why have they joined Green Mountain? It's pretty obvious.”


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Coffeee Stocks: GMCR to Lose Keurig Patent
Kapitall Blog (blog)
Dunkin Donuts (DNKN) claims they sell nearly 1 billion cups of coffee a year. Coffee production and consumption is a They developed the popular Keurig brewing system, which uses the individual K-cups. Many people have switched to this simple coffee

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Promise in US coffee pods but patent uncertainty dogs Green Mountain analyst
BeverageDaily.com
But whether or not GMCR will lose share once their monopoly on the K Cup model expires, coffee pods as a market are here to stay, Feliciano added. Pods had only scratched the surface in the US, Feliciano said, despite retail volume growth of 523%

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