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Caribou Coffee in Tosa Among Chain's Remains, But with a Name Change
With many stores closing – including one just on the Brookfield side of Tosa's boundary – the shop at Blue Mound and Hwy. 100 will remain open but as a Peet's Coffee and Tea store.
If you enjoyed Caribou Coffee as an alternative to other chain coffee shops, you will be out of luck as of April 14 in Brookfield but OK in Wauwatosa – if you don't mind a change of name.
The two stores in Brookfield, at 17335 W. Blue Mound Road and 12455 W. Capitol Drive at the border of Wauwatosa, will be closing as of noon on Sunday, April 14, according to store employees.
The Wauwatosa location at Blue Mound Road and Highway 100 will stay open, but will become a Peet's Coffee and Tea. The Peet's chain was founded in 1966 in Berkeley, CA, and has mainly operated stores on the West Coast.
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The decision relates to a corporate acquisition of Caribou by Joh. A. Benckiser Group (JAB) in December 2012. The same company also acquired Peet's Coffee and Tea Inc., which happened in October 2012.
Employees began telling customers Saturday and Sunday about the impending closure.
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