Barnie's CoffeeKitchen® Announces Distribution With Delhaize America Expanding National Footprint In All 1,283 Hannaford® And Food Lion® Supermarkets

Innovative BREWSTICKS® and CupUp™ Single Serve Coffee Products Launch at Retail

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Sep 09, 2014, 12:37 ET

ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Barnie's CoffeeKitchen, a 34-year leader in specialty coffee, Tuesday announced that Delhaize America grocery stores' Hannaford Supermarkets and Food Lion will begin to carry its coffee products in all 1,283 grocery stores across the Southeast and Northeast.

Hannaford Supermarkets will offer twelve Barnie's CoffeeKitchen SKUs including CupUp, a Keurig^®-compatible* single serve coffee, 10 ounce packaged ground coffee and the new BREWSTICKS cold-brewed liquid instant coffee. Hannaford will be a launch retail partner for BREWSTICKS and for CupUp. The flavor assortment in all the form factors for Hannaford is Barnie's Blend^®, Cafe Au Chocolate, Cool Cafe Blues^®, Hawaiian Hazelnut, French Roast and Santa's White Christmas^®.

The Food Lion stores will offer seven Barnie's CoffeeKitchen SKUs, including four varieties of the CupUp line of coffee and three varieties of the 10 ounce packaged ground coffee in a number of flavors, including Santa's White Christmas, a year-round best seller. Hannaford along with Food Lion will be the retail launch partners for the CupUp single serve coffee line-up.

CupUp is a high-quality Keurig-compatible* single serve capsule that brews a cafe-quality cup of coffee. CupUp holds 30% more coffee than other leading brands and has a patent-pending channel design that creates the perfect extraction of flavor and aroma. Coffee made with this new product is compatible with most major single cup brewers and exceeds the standard for excellence as defined by coffee experts worldwide.

BREWSTICKS is a category-changing, cold-brewed liquid instant coffee that frees the consumer from a brewer to make iced or hot coffee anywhere. BREWSTICKS comes in portable packets, perfect for fast-paced and mobile consumer. It is 100% cold-brewed Arabica coffee, all natural with no sugar or preservatives, low in acidity and completely soluble in hot, iced or bottled water.

"Barnie's CoffeeKitchen is thrilled to work with Delhaize America and its Hannaford and Food Lion supermarkets, especially as a launch partner for our new CupUp and BREWSTICKS products," said Jonathan Smiga, CEO of Barnie's CoffeeKitchen. "This new partnership further solidifies our position as a trendsetter in the coffee arena, bringing the most forward-thinking and high-quality products to market. With CupUp and BREWSTICKS – along with our unique assortment of ground coffee – shoppers can bring home the most versatile selection of coffee anywhere in the marketplace."

About Barnie's CoffeeKitchen^®Barnie's CoffeeKitchen was founded in 1980 as Barnie's Coffee & Tea and renamed Barnie's CoffeeKitchen in 2011, bringing its rich coffee heritage to the market in a fresh, innovative way by treating coffee as food. The company offers more than 40 hand-selected coffees, many of which are single origin, organic, Fair Trade Certified™ or Rainforest Alliance Certified™. Under the leadership of CEO Jonathan Smiga, Barnie's CoffeeKitchen now operates in three functional areas: retail cafes, its website and consumer products division. The company's cafes create an elegant, yet accessible, experience, inviting guests to elevate their expectations surrounding coffee and cuisine. The website and consumer products business offers individuals and wholesale customers a category-wide assortment of products, including packaged coffee, single-serve brew cups and a host of other items. For more information or to shop, visit www.barniescoffeekitchen.com. Follow the company on Twitter @BarniesCoffee.

*Compatible with Keurig original K-Cup^® coffeemakers. Keurig and K-Cup are registered trademarks of Keurig, INC. Barnie's CoffeeKitchen is not affiliated in any way with Keurig, Inc.

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