| General info : | | Tazo is a brand from the Tazo Tea Company, a tea and herbal tea blender and distributor founded in Portland, Oregon.
It is now a division of Unilever and is based in Kent, Washington.
Tazo Tea was founded in 1994 by Steven Smith. The manufacturing and distribution was maintained by North American Tea & Coffee, a Canadian-based food manufacturing company.
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.
Starbucks opened the first Tazo-branded tea shop in November 2012. It closed a year later and was converted into a Teavana store.
In November 2017, Starbucks sold Tazo to Unilever for $384 million. | |
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| Relations : | | Brand name used by : Unilever PLC | |
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