Tazo [SEP] parent company
Tazo
Tazo Tea Company is a tea and herbal tea blender and distributor founded in Portland, Oregon, now a division of Unilever based in Kent, Washington.
History.
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 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
" in Tazo hitting a stack of 3 Tazos. Discs without the branding on the back are not considered official Tazos, the only exception is the "Simpsons" Tazo Pickers (2002) set which were a joint venture between Smith's Snackfood Company and Australian company Hot Shots, all the Tazos released by Smith's Snackfood products have the Tazo logo. The Hot Shots discs were released as "Pickers" only. 
Over the years there have been similar cards offered by other companies in packets of chips like "Pokémon"