Chicago, Ill. – GEVALIA® Iced Coffee with Almond Milk is now available in the foodservice space. Already making a splash in retail channels, Gevalia Iced Coffee with Almond Milk delivers the delicious iced coffee flavor your customers demand, with on-trend benefits that set it apart from the pack. The ready-to-drink beverage is ideal for grab-and-go convenience, especially in cafeterias, restaurant beverage coolers and micro markets, and helps you capitalize on the year-round appeal of iced coffee. So what are you waiting for? Hit the sweet spot with customers and grow your business with the on-trend appeal of Gevalia Iced Coffee with Almond Milk—available in three delicious flavors: Mocha, Vanilla and Caramel.
Crafted from rich, never bitter 100% Arabica Gevalia coffee, creamy almond milk and just enough sweetness, Gevalia Iced Coffee with Almond Milk is a premium beverage that allows customers a sweet indulgence with 170 calories per 11.1-oz. carton. Health-conscious consumers will feel good knowing it’s a good source of calcium and vitamins A & E, and it contains no added artificial sweeteners—only real sugar. Plus, it has 9 grams of protein, helping satisfy the 60% of consumers looking to add protein to their diet.1
This product offering aligns with several marketplace trends you won’t want to ignore. Nut milks have been trending as a popular non-dairy alternative. In fact, dollar sales of almond milk grew 40% from 2013 to 2014,2 and it has surpassed soy as the largest segment of alternative milk.3 With the addition of creamy almond milk, you can meet the growing demand for alternative milk products while appealing to a wide variety of tastes, preferences and dietary needs. As well, it’s no secret that ready-to-drink cold coffee sales are booming. The U.S. ready-to-drink coffee market has been growing by double digits annually since 2011, and Euromonitor International expects the market to reach nearly $3.6 billion by 2020.4 Weekly consumption of ready-to-drink canned/bottled coffee is up from 15% in 2012 to 20% in 2014 among all cold coffee drinkers, but increased by the widest margins among Hispanics (up from 17% to 36%) and millennials (up from 22% to 31%).5
With bright, attractive packaging and a credible brand name, Gevalia Iced Coffee with Almond Milk is easy to merchandise and grabs customers’ attention. The opaque TetraPak® packaging protects the product taste and quality while preserving the nutritional content, and arrives to you in convenient shipping trays to make setup easy. Gevalia Iced Coffee with Almond Milk is shelf-stable for versatile placement inside or outside the cooler, saving valuable cooler space and allowing you to promote it in various spots throughout your establishment to encourage impulse buys. Simply refrigerate what you need, when you need it.
Already a crowd-pleaser, Gevalia Iced Coffee with Almond Milk Vanilla and Caramel both won 2015 BevStar Awards for taste, ingredients, packaging and uniqueness. The award-winning beverage meets the increasing demand for grab-and-go convenience to drive beverage sales throughout the day. But don’t take our word for it. For a limited time, you can try Gevalia Iced Coffee and save up to $200. Visit the website to download the rebate today. For more information, visit kraftheinz-foodservice.com/GevaliaIcedCoffee.
1 NPD Group, June 2012
2 Shanker, Deena, “Not even a drought can hold down the mighty almond milk,” Packaged Facts, May 20, 2015, http://qz.com/407281/not-even-a-drought-can-hold-down-the-mighty-almond-milk/
3 Nielsen, AOD, Homescan, CY 2013
4 Kaplan, Jennifer, “Cold Coffee Is Booming in the U.S.,” Bloomberg, May 23, 2016, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-23/cold-coffee-is-booming-in-the-u-s-now-everyone-is-piling-in
5 Multi-sponsor Surveys Inc., 2014 U.S. Coffee Study, 2014
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