An eighth and Roast location in Nashville. All photos courtesy of eighth and Roast.
Nashville, Tennessee-based specialty espresso roaster and retailer eighth and Roast has acquired award-winning Nashville roasting firm Good Citizen Espresso Co.
In an announcement of the acquisition in the present day, eighth & Roast mentioned it plans to keep up the Good Citizen employees and operations, whereas promoting Good Citizen’s eponymous and Widespread Voice espresso traces to shoppers and tons of of current wholesale purchasers.
The monetary phrases of the acquisition weren’t publicly disclosed.
“Good Citizen’s mission, objectives and values as a neighborhood espresso firm align with our personal as we each satisfaction ourselves on delivering the best high quality of product, ethically sourced, at a good value,” Ed Reed, eighth and Roast’s co-owner, mentioned in an announcement shared with DCN. “We imagine our mixed know-how will solely improve eighth and Roast’s capacity to ship higher worth to serve a broader set of wholesale clients whether or not you’re an workplace, restaurant, espresso store or having fun with our espresso in your house.”
eighth and Roast, which together with the Nashville reataurant Sinema is a part of the RHG hospitality group, presently has three brick-and-mortar areas, plus two bars contained in the Nashville Worldwide Airport.
Good Citizen, in the meantime, focuses on roasting for a spread of wholesale purchasers in Nashville and past, supplying beans to institutions such because the Downtown Embassy Suites, The Grand Hyatt, Union Station Resort, The Resort Chalet at Chattanooga Choo Choo and Chiefs on Broadway. The corporate was based by Sean Stewart in 2018.
“We sit up for Good Citizen’s subsequent chapter with the eighth and Roast staff as we mix our strengths, develop our consumer base and proceed our shared ardour for sourcing sustainable, high-quality craft espresso,” Stewart mentioned. “I’m so pleased with Good Citizen’s journey so far and am assured that with the nice staff at eighth and Roast, our positioning on this business will attain new heights.”
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