The Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), headquartered in the Netherlands, has entered into an agreement to take over Cacique, a leading exporter of instant coffee from Brazil, for a sum that has not been disclosed.
Cacique, with its two manufacturing facilities in Brazil, offers a wide range of over 65 instant coffee products and exports these to over 70 markets worldwide.
The primary facility in Londrina can produce up to 70 tons per day of various coffee products, including soluble coffee powder, agglomerated and freeze-dried coffee, as well as coffee extract and oil.
Meanwhile, the newer Linhares site, which opened its doors in 2021, has a production capacity of about 12,000 tons of soluble coffee annually.
Currently, Cacique employs around 1,100 individuals.
This acquisition follows Cacique’s sale of its flagship instant coffee brands such as Pelé, Graníssimo, and Tropical to JDE Peet’s, a coffee and tea company based in Amsterdam, seven years earlier.
LDC has announced that this acquisition is a strategic move to bolster its instant coffee segment in Brazil, complementing its ongoing expansion at the coffee processing facility in Minas Gerais.