Keurig Dr Pepper Names Pristine Head of Espresso in the USA

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) has appointed Olivier Lemire as president of its U.S. espresso industry, consistent with an SEC submitting signed Sept. 17, 2025.

The go comes amid Keurig Dr Pepper’s $18 billion acquisition of Europe-based espresso conglomerate JDE Peet’s, introduced latter future. That plan will contain the launch of 2 publicly traded firms, together with one targeted totally at the espresso division known as International Espresso Co.

Lemire, who served as president of Keurig Dr Pepper Canada since 2021, succeeds Patrick Minogue, who was once named U.S. coffee president in 2023 and can stay to backup the transition thru Sept. 30, consistent with the Form 8-K SEC filing. KDP’s stream “leadership” web page lists Lemire as U.S. president of espresso.

In step with earlier bulletins from KDP, Lemire joined the corporate in 2011 ahead of serving in diverse management roles. A 2021 press release cites Lemire’s “diverse career in the Canadian retail industry,” together with six years at Procter & Gamble and 3 years at Nike.

A KDP bio of Lemire issues to “two decades of experience in global sales, strategy and operations within the CPG industry.”

That have is anticipated to be put to utility upon regulatory approbation of the JDE Peet’s acquisition, with implications for massive multinational espresso firms and smaller area of expertise espresso manufacturers.

KDP lately dominates North The united states’s single-serve espresso marketplace thru its Keurig platform. In the meantime, JDE Peet’s owns diverse main Eu and North American espresso manufacturers, together with Peet’s Espresso and its subsidiaries, Stumptown Espresso Roasters and Intelligentsia Espresso. The corporate additionally owns Caribou Coffee’s roasting and packaged coffee business.

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