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1. Luckin Coffee and Centurium Capital buy Blue Bottle for $400m
After months of speculation, Luckin Coffee and its majority shareholder, Centurium Capital, have finalised a deal to acquire Blue Bottle Coffee from Nestlé, World Coffee Portal revealed last week.
Reports first surfaced that Luckin Coffee investor Centurium Capital was bidding to acquire Blue Bottle from Nestlé in December 2025.
The acquisition brings Nestlé’s nearly decade-long majority ownership of Blue Bottle Coffee to a close.
Find out what this landmark acquisition means for Nestlé, Centurium, Luckin, and the global coffee industry in World Coffee Portal’s analysis of the deal.
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