Keurig coffee sued for $600M by Ontario-based Club Coffee

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 01 Oktober 2014 | 22.40

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Keurig Green Mountain controls about 90 per cent of the fast-growing market for single-serve coffee pods. A $600-million lawsuit by an Ontaro company alleges Keurig is keep single-serve coffee prices artificially high. (The Associated Press)

An Ontario coffee roaster and grinder is suing Keurig for anti-competive behaviour, claiming it is keeping the price of single-serve coffee pods artificially high for consumers.

Club Coffee`s $600-million lawsuit against coffee giant Keurig Green Mountain alleges the U.S. chain is flouting the rules to maintain a near monopoly and keep single-serve coffee prices artificially high.

"First, their new brewers have what they claim to be "proprietary technology" that rejects any single serve pods not authorized by them," a spokesperson for the company told CBC News in an email. "Secondly, Keurig has used the threat of this lockout technology to coerce retailers into exclusive arrangements to sell only Keurig-controlled products."

When asked for comment on the lawsuit by CBC News, a spokesperson for Keurig Green Mountain said the company could not comment on the complaint because they've yet to see it.

Keurig controls about 90 per cent of the burgeoning market for single-serve coffee pods, often called K-cups. Keurig recently increased the retail price of its pods by about nine per cent, citing higher coffee prices on the wholesale market

Club Coffee says the company's practices harm not only other companies, but also consumers, who are paying higher prices than they should otherwise be.

Unlike Keurig's pods, Club Coffee manufactures something it calls a "soft pod," which it says makes coffee without the use of a plastic cup. The company is also bringing a fully compostable coffee pod to market imminently that uses bio resins instead of plastics.


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