Tazo
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History
Tazo (Template:IPAc-en) Tea was founded in 1994 by Steven Smith.[1] The manufacturing and distribution was maintained by North American Tea & Coffee, a Canadian-based food manufacturing company.[2]
Tazo approached then Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in 1998, seeking further investment partners. The company was purchased by Starbucks in 1999 for $8.1 million.[3]
Starbucks opened the first Tazo-branded tea shop in November 2012.[4] It closed a year later and was converted into a Teavana store.[5]
In November 2017, Starbucks sold Tazo to Unilever for $384 million.[6]
Unilever reached an agreement in November 2021 to sell the majority of its tea business to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for €4.5 billion.[7] This included the Tazo business. The sale was completed in July 2022, with the new company named Lipton Teas and Infusions.[8]
Marketing
The company uses "New Age"-style marketing and product labeling. For example, every box of tea was once labeled as "blessed by a certified tea shaman" and an original tag line was "The Reincarnation of Tea."
Until 2013, the logo used the Exocet typeface, slightly modified. For example, the T in Tazo was changed for readability purposes in 2006 by sliding the cross-piece toward the top of the letter.
See also
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- Food and drink companies established in 1994
- American companies established in 1994
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- 1994 establishments in Oregon
- 1999 mergers and acquisitions
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