LOS ANGELES and GOLDEN, Colo., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Marley Coffee, a
sustainably grown, ethically farmed and artisan roasted gourmet
coffee, has expanded distribution into Colorado. Whole Foods
Market® Colfax will initially serve as the exclusive Marley Coffee
retailer in Colorado, offering the
new lineup of Marley Coffee Organic Ground in 8-oz. bags.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111206/SF17480)
To celebrate, Rohan Marley,
chairman of Marley Coffee, will visit Whole Foods Market Colfax on
Saturday, December 10 from
1pm – 3pm to meet consumers, take photographs, sign
autographs and help shoppers "Stir It Up" with a taste of Marley
Coffee. Beginning at 12pm, the
first 25 people at the event will receive a $15 Whole Foods Market gift card, while the
second 25 people will receive a Marley Coffee tote bag with special
gifts from Rohan and a surprise Whole Foods Market gift card.
Samples of Marley Coffee will be served and other special giveaways
will take place on Saturday, December
10 from 12pm - 4pm at Whole
Foods Market Colfax, 14357 West Colfax Ave, Golden, CO 80401. The store can be
reached at 303-277-1339.
"My father came from the farmland in Jamaica and frequently spoke about returning
to the farm one day," said Rohan
Marley, Bob Marley's son and
chairman of Marley Coffee. "We created Marley Coffee to honor my
father and let others have a taste of his dream. We are
humbled by the reaction Marley Coffee has received from coffee
drinkers and look forward to sharing much love and respect in
Colorado with our friends at Whole
Foods Market Colfax."
Marley Coffee Organic Ground, packed in 8-oz. bags featuring the
iconic Marley Lion and image of Rohan
Marley, is available in the following varieties: Mystic
Morning, Lively Up! Espresso, One Love Ethiopia Yirgacheffe, Simmer
Down Swiss Water Decaf, Buffalo Soldier and the company's new,
lightly roasted breakfast blend, Get Up, Stand Up.
During the month of December, Marley Coffee and Whole Foods
Market Colfax will donate $1.50 from
each 8-oz. bag of Marley Coffee Organic Ground sold at the store to
Family Tree, a non-profit agency serving metro Denver families whose lives have been touched
by the national epidemic of domestic violence. As with all
Marley Coffee products, a portion of every sale will also support
Kicks for Cause Foundation. Started by Marley Coffee, Kicks
for Cause aims to build playable soccer fields and soccer camps for
children of coffee-producing communities in Jamaica. Please visit
www.KicksforCause.org.
The Marley Coffee Organic Ground line is certified USDA organic
with a suggested retail price of $9.99. All Marley Coffee products live up
to the Rastafari standards of ITAL, standing for all things Pure,
True and Vital, which insists that all products are sustainably
grown, ethically farmed and artisan roasted.
"This is our first retail location in the Rocky Mountain Region
as we continue to expand our distribution," said Brent Toevs, CEO of Marley Coffee.
"Customers in this region are big fans of organic products,
so we're thrilled to be working with Whole Foods Market Colfax and
view this as another important milestone in our growth plans."
About Marley Coffee
Marley Coffee (corporate name Jammin Java Corp) is a US-based
company that provides premium, artisan roasted coffee to the
grocery, retail, online, service, hospitality, office coffee
service and big box store industry. Under its exclusive licensing
agreement with 56 Hope Road, the company continues to develop its
coffee lines under the Marley Coffee brand. Marley Coffee is a
fully reporting company quoted on the OTCBB under the symbol
JAMN. Learn more at www.MarleyCoffee.com, visit the corporate
website at www.JamminJavaCorp.com, join us on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/MarleyCoffee, and follow us on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/marleycoffee.
Learn more about other Marley Family ventures by visiting The
House of Marley at www.thehouseofmarley.com, Marley Beverage
Company at www.MarleyBeverages.com, and 1Love.org at
www.1love.org.
For sales inquiries, please
contact sales@marleycoffee.com.
About Whole Foods Market®
Founded in 1980 in Austin,
Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ:
WFM), is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As
America's first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods
Market was named "America's Healthiest Grocery Store" by
Health magazine. The company's motto, "Whole Foods, Whole
People, Whole Planet"™ captures its mission to ensure customer
satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness,
enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental
improvement. Thanks to the company's more than 64,000 Team
Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the "100 Best
Companies to Work For" in America by FORTUNE magazine for 14
consecutive years. In fiscal year 2011, the company had sales of
more than $10 billion and currently
has more than 315 stores in the United
States, Canada and the
United Kingdom.
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amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
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Such statements are based upon assumptions that in the future
may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant
risks and uncertainties. Such statements are subject to a
number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are
beyond the control of the Company. These risks and others are
included from time to time in documents we file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including but not limited to, its
Form 10-Ks, Form 10-Qs and Form 8-Ks. Other unknown or
unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on
our future results. Accordingly, you should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although the
Company believes that the expectations reflected in the
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