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Lavazza North America, part of the global Italian coffee company Lavazza Group, begins constructing the first roasting and packing plant in the United States. The new plant is slated to open in October 2021 and will serve the US market.
The plant is an expansion of the Lavazza Professional facility in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which will integrate existing and new capabilities for Lavazza to produce roasted and ground coffee in the United States, adding 1,000 square meters to the 18,000 square meter facility. Strategically the new plant will create the possibility to increase the business, to be more reactive in the US market, and increase customer satisfaction.
Until now, all Lavazza roasted and ground coffee for the US market was sourced from Italy, positioning the new plant to reduce Lavazza’s carbon footprint through reduced shipping, in line with the Group’s “Roadmap to zero” that aims to completely neutralize the Group’s carbon footprint by the end of 2030.
Products from West Chester will fulfill all the quality standards of the Lavazza brand, aimed at providing to consumers a product that matches the brand’s Italian taste.