Friday, August 21, 2009

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Selects Sumner, Washington Site.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Adds Manufacturing Facility In Sumner, Washington

The new Green Mountain Coffee facility is expected to be operational sometime this fall.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) has announced that it has selected Sumner, Washington for a new manufacturing and distribution facility for its coffee business unit. The new leased site will support the continued expansion of the Tully’s Coffee brand and wholesale business. It will also support the expansion of other GMCR brands as well as the growth of their single-cup beverage line.

The Sumner site is the latest in a series of expansions for the Green Mountain Coffee business unit. In 2007, new K-Cups production lines were added to its Waterbury plant, and the company opened a second manufacturing site in Essex, Vermont. In September 2008, the company opened a facility in Knox County, Tennessee and is in the process of expanding operations there. The Sumner facility is expected to be operational sometime this fall.

Jon Wettstein, VP of supply chain operations for GMCR’s coffee business unit, said: “We are extremely excited about joining the Sumner community and are grateful for the support we received from the State of Washington Department of Commerce, the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County and the City of Sumner.

“Our investment in a new, modern site in Sumner will complement our existing facilities in our home state of Vermont and in Knox County, Tennessee. It will allow us to accommodate the significant growth and expansion we are planning for the Tully’s business, as well as for the expansion of our other brands on the West Coast.”

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