Barnie's CoffeeKitchen® Announces Successful Introduction Of Single Serve Coffee At Publix® Super Markets

Publix Broadens Selection From Bagged Coffee To Also Include Single Serve Coffee at 1,075 Locations

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May 20, 2014, 08:00 ET

ORLANDO, Fla., May 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Barnie's CoffeeKitchen, the 34-year leader in specialty coffee, is pleased to report that sales of single serve coffees at Publix have exceeded expectations since their placement in January 2014 at 1,075 Publix locations across the southeast.

Bagged coffee from Barnie's CoffeeKitchen has been available at Publix since January 2012 in 1,075 stores, and has since been immensely popular. Because of consumers' desire for a quality cup of coffee in the convenient single serve format, Barnie's CoffeeKitchen has developed a line of single serve coffee, compatible with all major single serve brewers. Publix has broadened the selection of Barnie's CoffeeKitchen products to include an assortment of new single serve coffee in addition to bagged coffee.

Sales for Barnie's CoffeeKitchen single serve coffees at Publix have exceeded expectations by more than 35% and are expected to increase even more this year.

Shoppers who visit Publix can find Barnie's Blend, Cool Café Blues^®, Santa's White Christmas^® and now a new, melt-in-your-mouth flavor, Café Au Chocolat, on store shelves. All of these coffees are available in both bagged and single serve coffee formats. Since its introduction in early 2014, Café Au Chocolat has quickly become a fan favorite, while Santa's White Christmas continues to be a year-round best seller.

"Barnie's CoffeeKitchen is proud to have such a successful partnership with Publix, a respected icon in the grocery store industry," said Jonathan Smiga, CEO of Barnie's CoffeeKitchen. "Fans admire Barnie's CoffeeKitchen for our quality specialty coffee, proprietary flavors and 34-year heritage in coffee and cuisine. There has been an overwhelming response to the convenience of buying our coffee, both bagged and single serve, at Publix stores. We look forward to continuing to grow our relationship with Publix and its customers."

Currently, Barnie's CoffeeKitchen has successful products at thousands of retail stores in 30 states, including Publix®, Walmart®, Winn-Dixie® and Sweetbay®, and is positioned to deepen and broaden its reach with this unique selection of innovative products.

About Barnie's CoffeeKitchen^®Barnie's Coffee & Tea was founded in 1980 and renamed as Barnie's CoffeeKitchen in 2011, bringing its rich coffee heritage to the market in a fresh, innovative way – 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 two functional areas: retail cafés, with four locations, and a consumer products division. Its retail business creates an elegant – yet accessible – café experience, inviting guests to elevate their expectations surrounding food and coffee. The 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 and follow the company on twitter @BarniesCoffee.

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