Alfred Peet, a pioneer in specialty coffee who shared the stage with the Bay Area culinary stars the shaped the region's food-centric reputation, died Wednesday at his home in Ashland, Ore.

Alfred Peet, a Dutch immigrant who grew a coffee empire in California starting with his first tiny shop, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, in Berkeley, has died. He was 87. Peet died Wednesday at his home in ...

Alfred Peet, a legendary figure in the gourmet coffee industry, hunched over a round wooden coffee table in Royal Coffee Co.'s unobtrusive offices at the Emeryville Marina. Around the table's ...

There was a time when most people were content drinking mediocre coffee. Cup by cup, Alfred Peet helped change that. Peet, who founded Peet’s Coffee and Tea and is considered a forefather of ...

Alfred Peet, a Dutch immigrant who grew a coffee empire in California starting with his first tiny shop, “Peet’s Coffee & Tea,” in Berkeley, has died. He was 87. He died Wednesday at his ...

Here’s what to know: Alfred Peet started Peet’s Coffee in Berkeley in 1966. The Bay Area-based coffee shop chain now operates approximately 200 locations, with 168 cafes in California alone ...

But coming to Peet’s was a different task. Although he had led major divisions of large companies, this was the first time Burwick, now 55, would be CEO. Started by Alfred Peet in 1966 in ...

Peet’s founder Alfred Peet knew the Starbucks founders and sold them coffee beans when they launched their business a few years after Peet’s first opened. But now, Peet’s will go to a ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. -- Peet's Coffee & Tea is being taken private by a German conglomerate for approximately $977.6 million. Privately held Joh. A. Benckiser, which invests in consumer goods brands ...