5 December 2024
Cooks Coffee Company
Limited
("Cooks
Coffee", or the "Company" or the "Group")
Esquires Expansion in
Ireland
Cooks Coffee Company, (NZX:CCC;
AQUIS:COOK), the international coffee focused café chain, announces
that it has entered an agreement between Dairygold Agri Business
Limited (Dairygold) and Esquires Coffee House Ireland Ltd
(Esquires) for Esquires to operate and manage four cafés within
Co-Op Superstores owned by Dairygold, in Ireland.
The contract will be for an initial
period of 10 years and is effective immediately. The cafés are
based in Midleton, Carrigaline and Mallow in Cork and Raheen in
Limerick. Dairygold's retail business operates 26 stores across
Munster under the Co-Op Superstores brand.
Dairygold is one of Ireland's
leading Irish farmer owned co-operatives, consisting of dairy,
nutritionals and agri business and employing over 1,300 people.
With a rich history spanning decades, Dairygold has been supporting
its farmer members for over a century.
Cooks Coffee Company owns the global
rights* to the Esquires brand and has its core focus on the UK and
Ireland. With more than 100 stores in its portfolio globally, the
Company is experiencing a period of rapid development and
growth. The focus of the business is to create an ethical
café group operated by local people and promote individual
entrepreneurship and community engagement. With the addition of
these garden centre cafés, there will now be 19 stores in
Ireland.
Aiden Keegan, Chief Executive of Cooks,
commented: "We look forward to
building the partnership with Dairygold and to sharing Esquires
great food, coffee and hospitality in the Co-op cafes that we will
operate with pride."
https://www.dairygold.ie/
https://www.cookscoffeecompany.com/
*except for Australia and New
Zealand
Enquiries:
Oberon Capital
+44 (0) 20 3179 5300
Nick Lovering, Adam
Pollock, Mike
Seabrook