Lavazza serves its ninth year at Wimbledon and partners with a reigning Champion

As the Official Coffee of The Championships for the ninth year running, Lavazza announces a new partnership with Wimbledon 2018 women’s Champion, Angelique Kerber

London/Chennai July 03, 2019 – Leading global coffee company, Lavazza, announces its return to this year’s Grand Slam tournament as the Official Coffee of The Championships, Wimbledon. To mark its ninth year, Lavazza is introducing a new partnership with the defending champion in women’s singles at Wimbledon, Angelique Kerber, and will also unveil two exciting new product launches onsite.

German professional tennis player, Kerber, who won her first Wimbledon title last year beating the seven-times champion Serena Williams, is joining Lavazza as a Wimbledon 2019 ambassador and will participate across several Lavazza activations onsite. A former world No.1 and winner of three Gland Slam tournaments, Kerber features alongside Carlos Moyá and Andre Agassi in the brand’s ‘More than Italian’ TV ad which is on air now across the UK.

Kerber comments: “I’m delighted to be joining Lavazza as their 2019 Wimbledon ambassador. Coffee has always been a big part of my daily routine, so there’s no surprise that I jumped at the chance of working with Lavazza; a brand that I’ve admired for its quality and taste and has long been associated with The Championships.”

New Coffee Category

At Britain’s most famous Queue, Lavazza, in partnership with PepsiCo, will launch Lavazza Iced Cappuccino, its new premium ready-to-drink iced coffee; a category first for the brand. Combining the delicious taste of Lavazza coffee with milk, it offers the perfect refreshment for all tennis lovers at Wimbledon. Fans in the Queue will be offered samples of the cold coffee drink throughout the first week of Wimbledon to keep them refreshed ahead of entry to The Championships.

Sustainability and Innovation

Further showcasing its dedication to sustainability, Lavazza will be unveiling its new 100% compostable capsules, Lavazza Eco Caps at Wimbledon. Made with “aroma safe” technology, a self-protection technology that creates a barrier against oxygen to keep the coffee fresh and to preserve quality and taste, the Lavazza Eco Caps are unlike any other compostable capsules on the market. Compatible with Lavazza A Modo Mio and Nespresso coffee machines, the new innovation sets the brand on a strategic path to replace its entire range of at home capsules by the end of the year, reinforcing its ongoing commitment to sustainable initiatives. Lavazza Eco Caps will be sampled for the first time ever at the Lavazza Air Stream at the Wimbledon Queue, and will be available to buy across the UK by November 2019.

Furthermore, Lavazza Tierra, the collection of fine and sustainable blends from communities and territories that have been involved in the Lavazza Foundation, will serve as the main focus at the two

Wimbledon Queue Lavazza bars, Aorangi and The Baseline Bar. Developed jointly with the Rainforest Alliance NGO who have helped over a hundred Colombian farming families rebuild their coffee plantations, Tierra will also feature in a new space onsite at Wimbledon dedicated to showcasing brand innovation in sustainability.

Lavazza Group Vice Chairman, Marco Lavazza, comments: “Lavazza is thrilled to be continuing our long-standing relationship with Wimbledon, as well as welcoming new ambassadors to our family from the worlds of tennis and top gastronomy. It’s an exciting time for Lavazza as we launch into new categories with our ready-to-drink iced coffee and much-anticipated compostable capsules, upholding our values of sustainability, quality, taste, passion and innovation.”

The Championships, Wimbledon, will be held from Monday 1st July – Sunday 14th July 2019, and Lavazza’s 100 expertly-trained baristas are set to serve up to 500,00 tennis fans authentic Italian coffee from 60 service points across the two-week tournament.

For the tennis-loving crowds, both inside Wimbledon’s prestigious Grounds and outside at the Queue where spectators eagerly await entry, Lavazza coffee will be served in a variety of classic and limited-edition serves to appeal to the British and international audience.

Cementing the company’s global commitment to tennis, Lavazza maintains its position as the world’s only food and beverage brand to partner with all four Grand Slam tournaments – for the fourth year running – serving Italy’s best-selling coffee to more than three million tennis lovers at the prestigious Roland Garros, US Open and Australian Open tournaments, in addition to The Championships, Wimbledon.

About Lavazza Group

Established in 1895 in Turin, the Italian coffee company has been owned by the Lavazza family for four generations. Among the world’s most important roasters, the Group currently operates in more than 90 countries through subsidiaries and distributors, with 64% of revenues coming from markets outside of Italy. Lavazza employs a total of over 4,000 people with a turnover of € 1.87 billion in 2018 .

Lavazza created the concept of blending — or in other words the art of combining different types of coffee from different geographic areas — this continues to be a distinctive feature of most of its products. The company also has 30 years’ experience in production and sale of portioned coffee systems and products. It was the first Italian business to offer capsule espresso systems. Lavazza operates in all business segments: at home, away-from-home and office coffee service, always with a focus on innovation in consumption technologies and systems.

Lavazza has been able to develop its brand awareness through important partnerships perfectly in tune with its brand internationalization strategy, such as those in the world of sport with the Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and those in fields of art and culture with prestigious museums like New York’s Guggenheim Museum, St. Petersburg’s Hermitage State Museum and Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria.

Companies that form part of the Lavazza Group include France’s Carte Noire and ESP (acquired in 2016 and 2017 respectively), Denmark’s Merrild (2015), North America’s Kicking Horse Coffee (2017), Italy’s Nims (2017), and the business of Australia’s Blue Pod Coffee Co (2018). At the end of 2018, following an acquisition, the Lavazza Professional Business Unit was created, which includes the leading Office Coffee Service (OCS) and Vending systems Flavia and Klix.