restaurants founded in 1972 in irvine california headquarters irvine california key people j. russell philips president and ceo sean mccarthy chief financial officer products whole bean coffee food beverages merchandise revenue 52.5 mill . fy2004 net 14.6 mill number of employees 815 as of february 25 2005 parent green mountain coffee roasters subsidiaries diedrich coffee inc gloria jean s coffees coffee people website diedrich.com diedrich coffee is a coffee company based in irvine ca . its first coffee house in orange county ca was opened in 1983 . it owns the american mall based stores for gloria jean s coffees . in oregon it previously ran coffee people until nearly every location was bought and closed or converted into a starbucks diedrich retained ownership of the coffee people locations inside the portland international airport . 1 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the history of the company started with charlotte diedrich inheriting a coffee plantation in costa rica in 1916 . her son carl diedrich joined the business in 1946 and purchased a coffee plantation in antigua guatemala in 1966 . the first coffeehouse a roastery opened in newport beach in 1972 . diedrich coffee a neighborhood coffeehouse was founded by martin diedrich in 1983 . he took over the retail roasting and importing facets of the family business from retiring carl . in september 1996 diedrich coffee went public . the company bought up coffee people a company that included gloria jean s coffees in july 1999 . 2 3 in june 2004 martin diedrich resigned his position at diedrich coffee . in september 2006 diedrich coffee announced its plans to close its company owned retail stores 40 of which were sold to rival starbucks and reopened under that brand . franchisee owned stores remained unchanged . the company continued as a roaster and wholesaler of coffee beans . 4 however a few independently owned and operated diedrich locations remained open in california and texas . on november 3 2009 california based peet s coffee announced that it was buying diedrich . 5 on december 8 2009 vermont based green mountain coffee roasters inc. trumped the offer from peet s coffee and agreed to buy diedrich for 290 million . 6 see also edit list of coffeehouse chains coffee portal references edit starbucks buys coffee people stores hippies mourn . aol . 2006 09 18 . retrieved 2006 09 18 . heritage coffee people website . retrieved october 10 2008 . diedrich coffee of irvine calif. to buy coffee people of beaverton ore . tribune news february 12 1999 courtesy link . diedrich coffee gives up fight . the orange county register . 2006 09 14 . retrieved 2006 09 14 . notable mergers and acquisitions of the day 11 3 brk bbni swk bdk peet ddrx . streetinsider.com . 2009 11 03 . retrieved 2009 11 03 . green mountain coffee to buy diedrich for 290 million . latimes.com . 2009 12 08 . archived from the original on december 13 2009 . retrieved 2009 12 08 . external links edit diedrich coffee coffee people gloria jean s retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title diedrich coffee & oldid 738280529 categories companies established in 1972coffee houses of the united statesfast food chains of the united statescompanies based in irvine californiaregional restaurant chains in the united statescoffee brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages bahasa indonesia edit links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 00 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view