LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marley Coffee
(OTCBB: JAMN), a sustainably grown, ethically farmed and artisan
roasted gourmet coffee, today announced it has reached an agreement
to promote and sell its products through SkyMall. The SkyMall
in-flight catalog is seen by approximately 88% of all domestic air
passengers in the US, reaching more than 650 million air travelers
annually.
Marley Coffee has contracted with SkyMall for placement of its
product in their in-flight catalog for the holiday gift season,
October – December, 2012, which is expected to be seen by
approximately 160 million people. In addition, Marley Coffee
is now available online at SkyMall.com (Keyword: Marley
Coffee).
"You can say we're taking Marley Coffee to new heights; flying
all the way up to 30,000 feet!" said Rohan
Marley, chairman, Marley Coffee. "Last year, The
New York Times included our Talkin'
Blues Jamaica Blue Mountain in their Holiday Gift Guide. Our
new exposure via SkyMall comes just in time for the 2012 holiday
season."
The SkyMall in-flight catalog will feature Ground and Whole Bean
varieties of Marley Coffee Top Rankin' Jamaica Blue Mountain® and
Marley Coffee Talkin' Blues Jamaica Blue Mountain® as well as
Organic Ground and Organic Whole Bean versions of Marley Coffee One
Love 100% Ethiopian Yirgacheffe (medium roast). SkyMall.com
offers an expanded variety, including Marley Coffee Buffalo Soldier
(dark), Lively Up (espresso), Mystic Morning (medium), Get Up Stand
Up (light) and Simmer Down (dark decaf).
"As we've said before, we want to make Marley Coffee available
to coffee lovers whenever, wherever and in whatever format they
prefer," said Brent Toevs, CEO,
Marley Coffee. "SkyMall provides our brand with tremendous
exposure and the opportunity for coffee lovers to try our product
during the key holiday retail season."
For the home, Marley Coffee currently offers two new varieties
of Jamaica Blue Mountain® Ground and Whole Bean roasts and six
varieties of certified USDA Organic Ground Coffee as well as
Organic Whole Bean coffee and compostable Single-Serve At-Home
Pods. The new Marley Coffee RealCup™, compatible with most
models of the popular Keurig-brand single-serve coffee brewers,
will be available in September 2012
in an array of roasts for both home and office use.
Marley Coffee is also available for the trade in Traditional
2.5oz Fracs, compostable Single-Serve Breakroom Pods, and Branded
Vending and Foodservice Solutions. In addition, the company
recently introduced its first mobile retail concept, the Marley
Coffee-brand Bike Caffe (www.bikecaffe.com/marleycoffee), which has
already started selling to franchise buyers.
About The Company:
Bob Marley always said he would
return to farming one day. In the farmland of Nine Mile,
Jamaica, where he came from, he
learned a deep respect for nature and humanity that helped guide
his life. It was his dream to return to it one day. With
Marley Coffee, Bob's son, Rohan
Marley, fulfills his father's dream.
Jammin Java Corp., doing business as Marley Coffee, 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 industries. Under its exclusive licensing
agreement with 56 Hope Road, the Company continues to develop its
coffee lines under the Marley Coffee brand. All Marley Coffee
products live up to the Rastafari standards of ITAL, standing for
all things Pure, True and Vital. A portion of all sales of
Marley Coffee supports the 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.
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 www.BobMarley.com, 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.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This Press Release includes forward-looking statements.
In particular, the words "believe," "may," "could," "should,"
"expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "propose," "plan,"
"intend," and similar conditional words and expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any
statements made in this news release about an action, event or
development, are forward-looking statements. 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
forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance
that its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct.
Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments
may differ materially from those projected. The
forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the
date hereof. The Company takes no obligation to update or
correct its own forward-looking statements, except as required by
law or those prepared by third parties that are not paid by the
Company. The Company's SEC filings are available
at http://www.sec.gov.
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Investors:
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Stuart T. Smith
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512-267-2430
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SOURCE Marley Coffee