Supply Chain Research

JDE Peet’s initial public offering of shares comes as the coffee producer and retailer faces a challenging market for food service supplies in the wake of COVID-19 as well as falling coffee prices. The latter have dropped by 24.3% year to date while global coffee exports fell by 1.4% year over year in April. The global slide was led by a slump in exports from India and Colombia while Brazilian exports actually increased by 2.4%. The growth in shipments from Brazil was led by a rise in exports to Europe of 16.3%, which in turn was mainly down to a 52.0% surge in shipments to JDE Peet’s Eu...