[rdl]

I’m kind of surprised post-sales tax nexus Amazon hasn’t bought a coffee chain yet. Starbucks might be too big to do comfortably, but a combination of some higher end local brands (Intelligentsia, Philz, etc) aggregated into some overarching metabrand would be interesting. Let the cafes run everything as they have, with infinite capital available, and focus on providing additional value added services on premise (obviously lockers but maybe some next-gen amazon services).

Philz would almost make sense if they could put 1Gbps connectivity into AWS and specifically base the performance of the deal on AWS signups.

[ben1040]

There's already a fairly quiet family-owned company that's been aggregating coffee chains and coffee roasters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAB_Holding_Company

They've got Peets, Mighty Leaf, Intelligentsia, Stumptown, and Caribou. They also have the Espresso House chain in the Nordics, Krispy Kreme, Panera, and Einstein Bagels.

Keurig is also under their umbrella, as are a bunch of other coffee roasters, and other consumer products.

[arnon]

I suspect they might end up buying Starbucks

[krn]

Starbucks would nicely fit with Whole Foods and Landmark Theaters, both already owned by Amazon and targeting American upper-middle class.

[dawhizkid]

The Amazon bookstores have a coffee shop inside them

[giancarlostoro]

I had no idea that was a thing till now. I wish they'd open more up, looks like they only have a handful. I keep seeing book stores close in some locations and then instead of a new book store a clothing store opens up instead. I wish Amazon would open up more book stores, maybe where another one has failed it could be an opportunity to take said space and make really nice book stores.

I don't really want to see Amazon become more of a giant sadly, but I hate seeing book stores disappear.