Barnie's CoffeeKitchen® Increases National Retail Distribution With New Grocery Chain Customer H-E-B® Grocery Stores

Assortment Of Popular Single Serve Coffee Flavors Coming This Summer

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Jun 16, 2014, 11:23 ET

ORLANDO, Fla., June 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Barnie's CoffeeKitchen, a 34-year leader in specialty coffee, today announced that it is increasing its national retail distribution by adding a significant new grocery customer, H-E-B Grocery Stores.

Consumers who shop at H-E-B, one of the largest independent food retailers in the nation, will soon be able to purchase single serve coffee at stores across Texas. Popular and proprietary flavors created by Barnie's CoffeeKitchen, Café Au Chocolat, Cool Café Blues^® and Hawaiian Hazelnut will be found on H-E-B shelves in 24-count boxes beginning in summer 2014.

"Barnie's CoffeeKitchen is excited to partner with H-E-B and provide their shoppers with a delicious assortment of our popular flavored single serve coffee," said Jonathan Smiga, CEO of Barnie's CoffeeKitchen. "Fans who know and love Barnie's CoffeeKitchen will be thrilled to find our coffee on shelves at H-E-B stores. Those shoppers who discover our dedication to coffee excellence for the first time will be pleased to taste the highest-quality specialty coffee in the convenient single serve format."

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.

"This new partnership with H-E-B is an important development in our strategy to aggressively expand our consumer products business in the retail and grocery arena," added CEO Jonathan Smiga. "We look forward to welcoming new retailers and expanding our relationship with existing retail partners."

About Barnie's CoffeeKitchen^®Barnie's Coffee & Tea was founded in 1980 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 cafés, its website and consumer products division. The company's cafés 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.

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