Who owns Eight O'Clock Coffee?
Eight O'Clock Coffee is owned by Tata Consumer (India, NSE: TATACONSUM), which has owned the brand since 25 July 2006.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Board's Report (62nd Annual Report, FY 2024-25), Tata Consumer Products Limited, 23 April 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Tata Consumer Products Limited reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇳 India, Mumbai
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1859
- Category
- Beverages › Coffee, tea & hot drinks › Coffee
- Parent ticker
- NSE: TATACONSUM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Eight O'Clock Coffee
Eight O'Clock Coffee began as the house coffee of the A&P grocery chain in 1859 and became a standalone brand when that chain declined. Tata acquired it in 2006, giving the group a coffee business in the United States alongside its tea interests.
Ownership timeline of Eight O'Clock Coffee
- 2006 – present Tata Consumer [1] reported
Where Eight O'Clock Coffee sits in Tata Consumer
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Tata Consumer
Tata Consumer controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
Other brands in coffee, and who owns them
The 66 brands in coffee on Brandtree belong to 33 owners. The largest is Keurig Dr Pepper, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Douwe Egberts | Keurig Dr Pepper | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Café Caribe | Coffee Holding | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Café Barão | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Nescafé | Nestlé | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Ah Huat | Power Root | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Barcaffè | Atlantic Grupa | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
| Carte Noire | Lavazza | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Boyds | Royal Cup | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Tata Consumer
Tata Consumer is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mumbai, India, founded in 1962. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NSE: TATACONSUM.
Tata Consumer Products holds the food and beverage businesses of the Tata Group, one of the largest industrial conglomerates in India. It is the second-largest tea company in the world, and the group's 2000 purchase of Tetley was at the time the biggest overseas acquisition an Indian company had ever made.
Tata Consumer: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Eight O'Clock Coffee and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Eight O'Clock Coffee among them.
- 7UP — PepsiCo 🇺🇸
- 7UP (United States) — Keurig Dr Pepper 🇺🇸
- Alani Nu — Celsius Holdings 🇺🇸
- André — Gallo 🇺🇸
- Angry Orchard — Boston Beer 🇺🇸
- Apple & Eve — Lassonde 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Eight O'Clock Coffee?
The parent company of Eight O'Clock Coffee is Tata Consumer, a publicly listed company headquartered in India.
Is Eight O'Clock Coffee American or Indian?
Eight O'Clock Coffee originated in the United States in 1859, but it is owned today by Tata Consumer, which is headquartered in India. So Eight O'Clock Coffee is an American-origin brand under Indian ownership.
Since when has Tata Consumer owned Eight O'Clock Coffee?
Tata Consumer has owned Eight O'Clock Coffee since 25 July 2006.
Is Eight O'Clock Coffee still owned by Tata Consumer?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Eight O'Clock Coffee is still owned by Tata Consumer. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Board's Report (62nd Annual Report, FY 2024-25) — Tata Consumer Products Limited, Annual report, published 23 April 2025; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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