Caribou Coffee on Mack Avenue to Close April 14 in Grosse Pointe Woods

First acknowledged Friday, the Caribou Coffee on Mack Avenue in Grosse Pointe Woods will close its doors later this month. The closure is a decision that came from the corporate level.

Employees began telling customers Saturday and Sunday about the impending closure. Word has traveling quickly through the Pointes.

There was a thread on the company's corporate Facebook page related to the closure of the Grosse Pointe Woods location with comments from several Grosse Pointers. The thread was removed from the page.

The decision relates to a corporate acquisition of Caribou by Joh. A. Benckiser Group (JAB) in December 2012. The same company also acquired another large coffee company, Peet's Coffee and Tea Inc., which happened in October 2012.

It is the second coffee business on Mack Avenue in the Grosse Pointes to close in a matter of months. Biggby Coffee in Grosse Pointe Farms closed in December.

Patch will be contacting Caribou's corporate office for more information.