Kraft Sues Starbucks Over Deal to Sell Branded Coffee
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Kraft Foods Inc. sued Starbucks Corp. seeking to enforce an agreement the foodmaker claims gives it exclusive rights to sell Starbucks coffee in grocery stores through 2014.
Kraft, based in Northfield, Illinois, claims in its complaint that Starbucks has decided to take over the business of selling roasted whole bean and ground coffee to grocery stores. The company asked a federal court in White Plains, New York, to stop the world’s biggest coffee-shop chain from breaking the agreement until its case can be heard.