Fact Sheet
About Club Coffee
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Club Coffee is the largest roaster, contract manufacturer and
distributor of packaged coffees that Canadians buy from
grocery stores through partnerships with Canada’s largest
coffee retailers
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Club Coffee is a leading innovator in the rapidly expanding single-serve coffee, tea and
hot beverages markets across the United States and Canada
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We are the long-term partner of choice of major national retail and food service
customers – many still going strong after as much as 80 years
o Privately owned company
o Close to 500 custom label products
o More than 200 Club Coffee Branded coffee products
o 2 Toronto-based major production facilities
o Global Food Safety Institute (GFSI) quality certification
o Organic, Rainforest Alliance, Fair Trade and kosher certifications
o 220 employees
o 40% of Club Coffee’s sales are in the United States
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Since 1906, Club Coffee has built a customer-centered, innovative culture that our
people translate into results every day
o We are proud of the many quality and service awards from our customers and
the numerous certifications that recognize our actions to deliver top quality
products, processes and customer support
o Our modern Toronto base, rapid border processing and collaboration with our
many US-based partners enable us to meet customer needs flexibly and quickly
o Our strength is a team of highly-skilled employees, many with decades of coffee
and food industry experience, who are committed to delivering for our
customers in an advanced high-tech environment
o As a tightly-focused, medium sized company run on family principles, our
people have the ability to get things done fast for our customers
Soft Pod Innovations
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Club Coffee is an innovator of the soft pod for coffee, tea and hot beverages
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We were the first to launch a soft pod in Canada
o We introduced our soft pod to the market in July 2012
o Leading brands are moving to our innovative pod with its filter construction that
allows the aroma to flow through
o It delivers real “filter-brewed” coffee and tea, without the plastic cup
o The response from consumers has been very positive
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We are the leading global innovator of the fully compostable pod
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Club Coffee is working with researchers, including at Canada’s University of
Guelph, to tap the latest in bioplastics technology
This innovative pod’s ring, filter and lid is being made of certified compostable
materials
We are working with municipalities to include this unique compostable product
in their organic waste programs, such as “green bins”
The compostable pod will be available 2015
Market information
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The coffee market is changing. Canadian 2014 data shows the growth of single serve
coffee (Source: NCA Coffee (US))
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Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world
Canada is #11 in the world when it comes to coffee consumption per capita
Canadians drink more coffee and premium coffee than Americans
Single serve coffee/beverage makers are the most dominant appliance sold
in housewares
There are 25 million single serve brewers in North America and growing
15% of households now have a single serve brewer
41% of coffee spending in grocery stores is now devoted to single serve formats
61% of adults consumed coffee yesterday
81% of coffee drinkers had coffee at home yesterday
Environmental impact
o Research shows that price and environmental impact are key consumer
concerns when it comes to single serve pods
o If you took all the 10 billion K-Cups purchased in the last year, you could make a
chain that would circle the Earth 11 times