Javo(R) Beverage partners with Caribou Coffee
To turn its quality roasted beans into the sumptuous coffee flavoring being used to make a new line of Caribou Coffee branded ice creams from Kemps dairy.
09/02/06 Javo Beverage Company, Inc., a leader in coffee and tea flavoring, has announced that it has partnered with Caribou Coffee(R) to turn its quality roasted beans into the sumptuous coffee flavoring being used to make a new line of Caribou Coffee branded ice creams from Kemps dairy. Caribou Coffee along with Kemps, a division of H.P. Hood, LLC, and a leading provider of branded dairy and ice cream products, turned to Javo because of the company's mastery of an extraction technology that creates outstanding coffee and tea flavors without the bitterness and harshness of other brewing processes. Caribou Coffee ice cream will be available in grocery stores in seven states as soon as February of this year.
Based in Vista, California, Javo Beverage Company is the innovation leader in the manufacture of coffee and tea-based dispensed beverages, drink mixes and flavor systems. The Company has successfully commercialized a proprietary brewing technology that yields fresh brewed coffees and teas that are flavorful, concentrated and stable. As a result, they have broad applications in the foodservice, food manufacturing and beverage industries. For foodservice operators, Javo makes it possible to serve great tasting hot coffees and cold specialty coffee beverages from convenient dispenser-based systems. Javo also assists food and beverage processors seeking authentic and robust coffee and tea flavors with the development and supply of customized ingredients for their packaged foods and ready-to-drink beverages. Through its selling, service and distribution operations, Javo supplies a growing list of national and international foodservice operations, specialty coffee retailers, restaurant chains and food manufacturers.
Caribou Coffee, founded in 1992 and headquartered in Minneapolis, is the second largest company-owned gourmet coffeehouse operator in the United States based on the number of coffeehouses. As of January 1, 2006, Caribou Coffee had just fewer than 400 coffeehouses located in 14 states and the District of Columbia and 2 international markets. Caribou Coffee offers its customers high-quality gourmet coffee and espresso-based beverages, as well as specialty teas, baked goods, whole bean coffee, branded merchandise and related products. In addition, Caribou Coffee sells products to grocery stores and mass merchandisers, office coffee providers, airlines, hotels, sports and entertainment venues, college campuses and other commercial customers.
Kemps began in 1914 when the company started making and delivering Kemps products. Today, Kemps, LLC is a leading marketer of branded frozen dessert products, with strong presence throughout the Upper Midwest and New England. Kemps is owned by HP Hood, LLC.
