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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters: Vereinbarung mit Unilever

Die Biokaffee-Spezialistin Green Mountain Coffee Roasters erweitert ihr Spektrum um das Geschäft mit Tee. Das Unternehmen aus dem US-Bundesstaat Vermont hat dafür eine Vertriebsvereinbarung mit der US-Tochter des Lebensmittel-Multis Unilever abgeschlossen. Näheres dazu erfahren Sie in der Unternehmensmitteilung, die wir unten im Original veröffentlichen.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters: ISIN: US3931221069 / WKN: 887856

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) (GMCR), a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers, and Unilever North America announce the companies have reached an agreement to offer Lipton® hot and iced teas in K-Cup® and Vue® packs for Keurig® single cup brewing systems.

The new Lipton® K-Cup® and Vue® packs will be filled with Lipton’s finest teas to create a delicious hot and iced tea experience with the ease and convenience of a Keurig® brewer. Lipton® K-Cup® and Vue® packs will be offered in a variety of channels in the United States and Canada beginning in summer 2013. The new teas will join GMCR’s family of beverage brands available in the Keurig® brewing system, and Lipton® iced teas will become part of the Company’s Brew Over Ice collection, a line specially crafted to brew refreshing iced beverages with any Keurig® brewing system.

“We’re happy to welcome Lipton – one of the world’s great refreshment brands - to our family of Keurig Brewed® beverages,” says Brian P. Kelley, GMCR President and CEO. “It’s natural to think of Keurig® as being synonymous with coffee, and now consumers are also turning to their Keurig® brewing systems for the freshest tasting hot and iced tea, prepared simply and quickly at home and in the office. Our strategy to partner with world-class beverage brands like Lipton® further broadens the consumer choice in the Keurig® system and helps us meet a wide range of consumer taste and beverage preferences.”

“Making Lipton® hot and iced teas available in the Keurig® system is an innovative, new way for us to offer Lipton® lovers a delicious, uplifting, and pleasurable tea drinking experience, and bring new fans to the Lipton® brand,” says Alessandra Bellini, Unilever’s Vice President Brand Development, Refreshment North America. “We are working closely with GMCR to develop Lipton® K-Cup® and Vue® packs that are true to Lipton’s promise of being one of the world’s greatest refreshment brands.”

GMCR's Keurig® single cup brewers for in home and office use utilize innovative brewing and single-cup technology to deliver a fresh-brewed, perfect cup of hot or brewed over ice coffee, tea, cocoa, or fruit brews every time at just the touch of a button. According to the NPD Group, Keurig® single cup brewers were the top four bestselling coffee makers and had five total in the top 10, including Vue®, during GMCR's fiscal first quarter 2013 by dollar sales.

About Lipton®

With more than 100 years of experience, Lipton is one of the world's great refreshment brands, with tea-based drinks including leaf tea, infusions, and ready-to-drink iced tea. For more information on Lipton, please visit Facebook.com/Lipton, Facebook.com/LiptonIcedTea or LiptonT.com.

About Unilever North America

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Home and Personal Care products with sales in over 190 countries. Our products are present in 7 out of 10 homes globally and are used by over 2 billion people on a daily basis. In the United States and Canada the portfolio includes brand icons such as: Axe, Becel, Ben & Jerry’s, Bertolli, Breyers, Caress, Clear Scalp & Hair Therapy, Consort For Men, Country Crock, Degree, Dove personal care products, Good Humor, Hellmann’s, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!, Just for Me!, Klondike, Knorr, Lever 2000, Lipton, Magnum, Motions, Nexxus, Noxzema, Pond’s, Popsicle, Promise, Q-tips, Ragu, Simple, Slim-Fast, Soft & Beautiful, St. Ives, Suave, tcb, TIGI, TRESemmé, Vaseline, and Wish-Bone. All of the preceding brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies.

Our ambition is to double the size of our business, whilst reducing our overall environmental footprint (including sourcing, consumer use and disposal) and increasing our positive social impact. We are committed to helping more than a billion people take action to improve their health and well-being, sourcing all our agricultural raw materials sustainably by 2020, and decoupling our growth from our environmental impact. Supporting our three big goals are more than 50 time-based targets. See more on the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan at http://www.unileverusa.com/sustainable-living/ or http://www.unilever.ca/sustainable-living/.

Unilever employs more than 12,000 people across North America – generating over $10 billion in sales in 2012. For more information visit www.unileverusa.com or www.unilever.ca.

About Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR)

As a leader in specialty coffee and coffee makers, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) is recognized for its award-winning coffees, innovative brewing technology, and socially responsible business practices. GMCR supports local and global communities by offsetting 100 percent of its direct greenhouse gas emissions, investing in sustainably-grown coffee, and allocating a portion of its pre-tax profits to socially and environmentally responsible initiatives. For more information, please visit www.GMCR.com, www.GreenMountainCoffee.com, or www.Keurig.com.

GMCR routinely posts information that may be of importance to investors in the Investor Relations section of its website, including news releases and its complete financial statements, as filed with the SEC. The Company encourages investors to consult this section of its website regularly for important information and news. Additionally, by subscribing to the Company's automatic email news release delivery, individuals can receive news directly from GMCR as it is released.

Contact:
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
Katie Gilroy, 781-205-7345
investor.services@gmcr.com
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