Krispy Kreme Owner Buying Panera Bread in $7.5B Deal

Donuts and coffee seem like a sweet deal — a $7.5 billion deal to be exact. Krispy Kreme's investment company, JAB Holding Co, is purchasing Panera Bread. It also owns Caribou Coffee, Peet's Coffee, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Jacobs Douwe Egberts.

Exterior of a Panera Bread restaurant at Fountain Square with a drive-thru4,592 SF Panera Bread at Regency's Fountain Square in Miami

Regency Centers currently has 34 Panera Bread and 3 Krispy Kreme locations across the country.

Read more about the transacation here.