WATERBURY, Vt. & MILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (Keurig) (NASDAQ: GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee, coffee makers, teas and other beverages with its innovative brewing technology, and the SUBWAY® restaurant chain today announce a partnership to bring Keurig’s single serve brewers to thousands of the restaurant brand’s North American locations.
The Keurig K150 brewer expands the restaurants’ hot beverage options, providing freshly brewed coffee on demand. Currently, more than half of the SUBWAY® restaurants in the United States and Canada have adopted a Keurig® system.
“Keurig® brewers offer quality and convenience, which are key advantages as SUBWAY restaurants look to provide customers with a consistently high-quality cup of coffee brewed fresh no matter the time of day – not just at breakfast,” says John Whoriskey, President, U.S. Sales and Marketing of Keurig. “Keurig® brewers help SUBWAY franchisees simplify operations by eliminating the need for separate brewing of regular, decaffeinated and flavored coffee, reducing waste and clean-up of unconsumed coffee.”
“Since introducing Keurig® brewers as an option to our franchisees last year, we’ve heard overwhelmingly positive feedback about Keurig’s ability to delivery variety, quality and freshness on demand,” says David Zambory, the beverage manager for the SUBWAY® restaurant chain. “SUBWAY restaurants are a destination throughout the day, including at breakfast, and we look forward to providing our customers with the freshest cup of coffee possible no matter when they visit us.”
The Keurig® K150 Series Commercial Brewing System is the first small to medium capacity Keurig® brewer to be certified by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) for foodservice use, marking Keurig’s continued commitment to expanding availability of Keurig® brewing simplicity.
“Until now, innovation in brewed beverages for quick serve restaurants has been focused on high volume applications and longer brewed coffee holding times,” says Whoriskey. “This has left the majority of operators, who want to serve delicious brewed beverages, far behind. Keurig is changing the way SUBWAY restaurants are thinking about brewed beverages by delivering a fresh brewed, delicious beverage at all times during the day to consumers who recognize Keurig as a symbol of quality.”
About Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
As a leader in
specialty coffee, coffee makers, teas and other beverages, Keurig Green
Mountain (Keurig) (NASDAQ: GMCR), is recognized for its award-winning
beverages, innovative Keurig® brewing technology,
and socially responsible business practices. The Company has inspired
consumer passion for its products by revolutionizing beverage
preparation at home and in the workplace. Keurig supports local and
global communities by investing in sustainably-grown coffee and by its
active involvement in a variety of social and environmental projects. By
helping consumers drink for themselves, we believe we can brew a better
world. For more information visit: www.KeurigGreenMountain.com.
To purchase Keurig® products visit: www.Keurig.com or www.Keurig.ca.
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About SUBWAY® Restaurants
Headquartered
in Milford, Connecticut, SUBWAY® Restaurants is the world’s
largest restaurant chain with more than 42,000 locations in 106
countries. Co-founded by Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck in 1965, their
partnership marked the beginning of a remarkable journey and paved the
way for thousands of entrepreneurs to build and succeed in operating
their own business. Long-time leaders in offering consumers nutritional
options on-the-go, the brand became the first quick service restaurant
in 2012 to meet the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check Meal
Certification Program nutritional criteria. For more information, visit http://www.subway.com,
like us on Facebook.com/subway and follow us on twitter.com/subway.
SUBWAY® is a registered trademark of Doctor’s Associates Inc.
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