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Tata Coffee
Formerly
  • Consolidated Coffee Estates (1922–66)
  • Consolidated Coffee Limited (1966–2000)
Company typePublic Subsidiary
BSE: 532301
NSE: TATACOFFEE
ISININE493A01027
IndustryAgriculture
Predecessors
  • Coorg Co. Ltd.
  • Pollibetta Coffee Estates Co. Ltd.
Founded1922 (1922)
Defunct1 January 2024 (2024-01-01)[1]
FateMerged with parent company
SuccessorsTata Consumer Products
HeadquartersNo. 57, Railway Parallel Road, Kumara Park West,
Bangalore, Karnataka
,
India[2]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • R. Harish Bhat
    (Chairman)
  • Chacko Purackal Thomas
    (MD & CEO)[3]
Products
Coffee  • Tea  • Pepper
RevenueIncrease ₹2,879.56 crore (US$340 million)[4] (2023)
Increase ₹272.60 crore (US$32 million) (2023)
Increase ₹321.16 crore (US$38 million) (2023)
Total assetsIncrease ₹4,059.47 crore (US$480 million) (2023)
Total equityIncrease ₹2,351.18 crore (US$280 million)[4] (2023)
ParentTata Consumer Products (57.48%)[5]
Websitetatacoffee.com

Tata Coffee was an Indian company that produced coffee, tea, pepper and related products. It was a subsidiary of Tata Consumer Products, and part of the Tata Group. Tata Coffee was merged with Tata Consumer Products on 1 January 2024.

Tata Coffee owned 19 coffee estates in South India,[6] spread across the districts of Chikmagalur, Kodagu, and Hassan in Karnataka, and Valparai district in Tamil Nadu. Tata Coffee was the largest integrated coffee plantation company in the world.[7] Tata Coffee entered into a coffee sourcing and roasting agreement with Starbucks Coffee Company to supply coffee beans to its coffee chains in India. Both agreed to work toward developing and improving the profile of India-grown coffee around the world, as well as improving the quality of coffee through sustainable practices and advanced agronomy solutions.[6] In 2012, the two companies launched the equal joint venture Tata Starbucks (formerly Tata Starbucks limited). According to the reports, Tata Coffee established a $50 million greenfield instant coffee facility in Vietnam.[8][9]

History

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Tata Coffee traces its origins to 1922 when two coffee plantation companies—Coorg Co. Ltd., London and Pollibetta Coffee Estates Co. Ltd., London—were purchased by Edinburgh-based Matheson and Company and merged to form Consolidated Coffee Estates Ltd., Edinburgh.[10][11] The merger created the largest coffee plantation in India.[11] Consolidated Coffee Estates Ltd. had its registered office at 71 George Street in Edinburgh, Scotland.[12] Ivor Bull, an employee of Matheson and Company, was appointed as the Chairman of Consolidated Coffee Estates in 1936 and arrived in Coorg to manage the coffee plantation.[11] In 1943, Bull purchased Consolidated Coffee Estates Ltd. from Matheson, and registered it as an Indian company headquartered in Pollibeta.[10][11] In the same year, shares in Consolidated Coffee Estates were offered to the general public through a prospectus. Its parent, Edinburgh Company, was allotted the majority stake as a consideration for transfer of its estates. In the following years, the Edinburgh Company divested its shareholdings to the Indian public and relinquished its controlling stake in 1966.[10][11] Bull managed the company until 1966, after which he retired and returned to England where he lived on a farm in Suffolk until his death in 1971.[11]

During 1966–67, Consolidated Coffee Estates was renamed as Consolidated Coffee Limited following the merger of Volkart properties in India, which included four estates, two curing works and an export division with Consolidated Coffee Estates.[10] Tata Tea Ltd. (now Tata Consumer Products) acquired a 52.40% stake in Consolidated Coffee Limited in 1991.[11][13] Asian Coffee Ltd., Veerarajendra Estates Ltd., and Charagni Ltd. merged with Consolidated Coffee Limited in September 1999, creating the largest integrated plantation company in the world.[10] Consolidated Coffee Limited was renamed Tata Coffee Limited on 11 August 2000.[11][13] Tata Coffee acquired a 34.2% stake in Indian coffeehouse chain Barista for ₹26 crore (equivalent to ₹99 crore or US$12 million in 2023) in August 2002.[14] The company sold its stake in Barista to Chennai-based Sterling Infotech Group, promoted by C. Sivasankaran, in 2004.[15]

Tata Coffee acquired 5 tea estates and one coffee estate located in the Anaimalais region in Tamil Nadu from its parent company, Tata Tea, in 2005. In the same year, the company also acquired an instant coffee facility at Theni, Tami Nadu from the High Hill Coffee Company.[10][16] On 25 June 2006, Tata Coffee announced that it had acquired American coffee brand Eight O'Clock Coffee from Gryphon Investors for ₹1,015 crores (US$220 million).[17][18]

Tata Coffee signed an agreement to supply coffee beans to American coffeehouse chain Starbucks in October 2004, which was the first time the latter had sourced coffee beans from India.[19] In February 2013, Tata Coffee and Starbucks inaugurated a roasting and packaging facility at Kushalnagar, Karnataka to supply coffee beans to Tata Starbucks outlets in India and some Starbucks' overseas markets.[20] The 8,258 sq ft facility has the capacity to produce 375 metric tonnes of coffee annually.[21][22]

In March 2022, Tata Consumer Products announced that Tata Coffee would be dissolved as part of a reorganization plan. Under the plan, Tata Coffee's extraction and branded coffee business would be merged with the parent company, while its plantation business would become a part of TCPL Beverages & Foods, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Consumer Products.[23] The merger became effective on 1 January 2024.[24][25] Tata Coffee was delisted from stock exchanges on 15 January 2024.[26]

Awards

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Since 2002, Tata Coffee has been consistently named the best coffee in India by the Coffee Board of India's annual Flavour of India – Fine Cup Award, holding the title, in 2017, for the seventh consecutive year.[27]

In 2012, Tata Coffee was recognized for initiatives taken to mitigate climate change risks with the 2011 - 2012 Green Business Leadership Award by The Financial Express and Emergent Ventures India (FE-EVI), an integrated climate change company partnered with the Indian School of Business.[28]

On 16 October 2017, Tata coffee was judged "Best Coffee in India" at the Ernesto Illy Second Annual International Coffee Awards.[29]

Conservation

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Tata Coffee undertakes various conservation schemes and initiatives.[30] The company protects over 1,075 hectares of rainforest within its coffee and tea estates.[31] All 19 of Tata Coffee's estates are Rainforest Alliance, UTZ and SA8000 certified.[32] In 2005, Tata Coffee provided land for a rainforest nursery to Nature Conservation Foundation, a Mysuru based non-governmental organization.[33][34]

References

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  1. ^ "Tata Coffee, Tata Consumer Products merger to be effective from January 1". Business Standard. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Contact Us | Tata Coffee". tatacoffee.com. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Tata Coffee Leadership". tatacoffee.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Tata Coffee Financial Results for the year ended 31st March 2023" (PDF). Tata Coffee. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Shareholding Pattern" (PDF). Tata Coffee. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Starbucks Opens Spectacular Flagship Store in Mumbai, Honoring the Dynamic Culture of India" (Press release). Tata Global Beverages. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Tata Coffee has target of Rs 298: Chugh". Moneycontrol. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  8. ^ "Tata Coffee to set up facility in Vietnam". thedollarbusiness.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Tata Coffee shares up after plans of new plant in Vietnam". dna. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "Tata Coffee Heritage". tatacoffee.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h Plys, Kristin Victoria Magistrelli (29 October 2020). Brewing Resistance: Indian Coffee House and the Emergency in Postcolonial India. Cambridge University Press. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-1-108-49052-8.
  12. ^ Dobbie, Aline (2006). India: The Elephant's Blessing. Melrose Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-905226-85-6.
  13. ^ a b "Tata Coffee History | Tata Coffee Information". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Tata Coffee invests Rs 26 cr in Barista Coffee". The Times of India. 20 August 2002. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  15. ^ S&, Rajalakshmi (12 August 2014). "Rollatainers to acquire Barista Coffee". thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Tata Coffee Ltd". Business Standard India. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Tatas buy Eight O'Clock Coffee". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Tata Coffee announces the acquisition of Eight O' Clock Coffee company For US$220 million (Rs 1,015 crores)" (PDF). Tata Coffee. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Tata Starbucks to open 30-50 cafes this year". mint. Reuters. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  20. ^ "Tata Coffee kicks off roasting unit to supply beans to Starbucks". thehindubusinessline.com. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Starbucks, Tata Coffee open roasting plant in Karnataka". The Economic Times. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Coffee Limited Inaugurate Roasting and Packaging Plant in Kushalnagar, Karnataka, India". Starbucks Stories. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Tata Coffee to merge with Tata Consumer". Business Standard. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Tata Coffee merger with Tata Consumer Products, TCPL Beverages set for January 1". Moneycontrol. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Tata Coffee to merge with Tata Consumer, TCPL Beverages on January 1 — check record date, other details". CNBCTV18. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Suspension of trading in Tata Coffee Limited". zerodha.com. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  27. ^ Economic Times "ET Markets: Tata Coffee Ltd.";The Economic Times.
  28. ^ "Tata Chemicals wins prestigious 2011-12 FE-EVI Green Business Leadership Award". India Infoline News Service. 7 June 2012 – via IIFL.
  29. ^ "Ernesto Illy International Coffee Award". Illy.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  30. ^ "Tata Coffee Sustainability | Tata Coffee". tatacoffee.com. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  31. ^ Raman, T.R. Shankar (8 August 2021). "Why frenzied tree planting is no answer to ecological restoration". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  32. ^ "Great coffee does not just happen". Tata Coffee. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  33. ^ Pardikar, Rishika (5 February 2020). "How to restore a rainforest with a nursery, science and some bat poop". ThePrint. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  34. ^ Banerjee, Ananda (3 February 2022). "From Seed To Forest". Outlook India. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
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