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Metro Vancouver and Blenz team up for exclusive coverage

Monday, February 1st, 2010

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Metro Vancouver and Blenz team up for exclusive coverage

Vancouver — Feb 1, 2010 — Metro and Blenz announced a unique partnership today that takes citizen journalism to a new level as Vancouver prepares for the global spotlight. Starting Feb. 12, Metro-Blenz News Squad bloggers will be stationed at key Blenz Coffee locations around Vancouver.

In the heart of all the action, Metro-Blenz News Squad bloggers, photographers and videographers will record and post your stories, anecdotes and experiences. Share with us the great parties you’ve attended, the cool people you’ve met and the once-in-a-lifetime experiences you’ve had. Vancouverites and visitors from around the globe are welcome to drop by selected Blenz locations to chat with our bloggers who will be easily recognized by their Metro-Blenz News Squad ID tags. Excerpts from the best anecdotes will also run in Metro Vancouver newspaper the following publication day.

Well-known bloggers like Shane Gibson, Bonnie Sainsbury, Cybele Negris and Marilyn Anderson will post their blogs on metroblenznewssquad.com where the content will be exclusive to Metro for a full day. “We’re excited to have attracted enthusiastic participation from some of the most luminous members of the local social media scene, and each brings their own personal perspective to the project,” Blenz President George Moen said. “Also, in keeping with the new social media theme, we’re using the power of .tel technology to support and promote the project with metroblenznewssquad.tel, which is a simple portal for those interested in learning about, participating in, or simply following the Metro-Blenz News Squad blogs.” The in-paper content will start running on Feb. 15 and include blog highlights as well as a daily photo submitted by readers. Additional reader photos and video will be available online at metronews.ca/newssquad.

Maryse Lalonde, Publisher and Managing Director of Metro Vancouver, said the partnership with Blenz is exciting. “Newspapers and coffee have always gone well together and what appealed to us about this project is that it’s so unique, grassroots and original. It’s a great way for us to connect with readers.”

About Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd™

Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd is a premium retailer of handmade specialty coffees, organic teas and other innovative beverages. All Blenz Coffee’s beverages are made in-store from only the highest quality ingredients available. World class barista training and a drive to provide a superior customer experience has fuelled their steady growth. Blenz Coffee now operates a large network of franchise locations in British Columbia and abroad including Japan and the Philippines. For further information about Blenz Coffee, please contact:

George Moen
President
Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd.
(604) 682 2995
george@blenz.com, Twitter.com/BlenzCoffee

About Metro

Metro is the nation’s No. 1 free national daily newspaper brand and the first national daily to publish in both official languages. In Canada, Metro editions are published in: Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. Metro targets 18- to 49-year-olds and has a circulation that now exceeds 800,000. Metro is the largest international newspaper in the world. Metro is published in over 100 major cities in 19 countries across Europe, North & South America and Asia. Metro has a unique global reach — attracting a young, active, well-educated, metropolitan audience of over 17 million daily readers.
For further information please contact:

Maryse Lalonde
Publisher and Managing Director
Metro Vancouver
(604) 648 3211
maryse.lalonde@metronews.ca

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Blenz Coffee Co-Branded Gift Card Program

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Say It NOW! Partners with Blenz Coffee through Co-Branded Gift Card Program

When promotional products company, Say It NOW! says “Thank you for your business,” they say it with a co-branded Blenz Card.

Vancouver, BC – December 3, 2009

Anne Stadnyk incorporated Say It NOW!, a promotional products company, in Coquitlam, BC in 2004 with one goal being to help her son get a university degree, get drafted into the MLB, or both, by providing her customers outstanding service. She developed the company through networking, and over the years has added strategic alliances throughout the British Columbia Lower Mainland. And when Say It NOW! says “Thank You for your business,” they say it with a co-branded Blenz Card.

the co-branded gift card

co-branded gift card

With the co-branded gift card, very simply any business or organization can have their own brand on the front of the Coffee Gift Card with a small Blenz Logo being placed in a corner. The card is acceptable in all Blenz stores for any purchase, and can come pre-loaded in various dollar amounts through the Blenz Store Support Centre, or loaded and re-loaded by phone. The card can be given out as a “Thank you” to clients and customers, as Anne has shown, or used as a promotional tool, or it can be given as a recognition or reward to staff and employees, as a “Thank you” for referrals, or as an appreciation for services being offered or provided. In fact, new applications are appearing almost daily.

Says Anne, “When my customers’ orders are complete, I mail them a “Thank you for your business” card. I used to include a Blenz Gift Card for a special coffee or tea on me. Now, I get to send them my very own personal Say It NOW Gift Card for that special coffee or tea on me. The best part is my customers will keep this card in their wallet, which allows me to add a special coffee or tea whenever I choose to AND my customers constantly see MY logo and business information whenever they open up their wallets. That’s what I call a win/win all the way around!”

About Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd™
Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd is a premium retailer of handmade specialty coffees, organic loose leaf teas and other innovative beverages. All Blenz Coffee’s beverages are made in-store from only the highest quality ingredients available. World class barista training and a drive to provide a superior customer experience has fuelled their steady growth. Blenz Coffee now operates a large network of franchise locations in British Columbia and abroad including Japan and the Philippines.

About Say It NOW!
A promotional products company, Say It Now! puts YOUR BRAND on a mug, pen, t-shirt, cap or 1000’s of other products so that when people see it on their desks or wear it, they THINK OF YOU. The company was developed by networking and has added strategic alliances with lower mainland companies also in the business of marketing and promotion.

For more information about Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd., please contact:
Nanako Aramaki
Manager of Media Relations
Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd.
www.blenzcoffee.tel

View some Sample Co-Branded Gift Cards

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Blenz West Kelowna is out to expand the nightlife…

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Come for the coffee, stay for the music
Friday, December 4th, 2009 | 11:30 am

Blenz coffee shop in West Kelowna.

By Pieter Uni
www.kelowna.com

Exploring West Kelowna’s nightlife doesn’t take long, but in an effort to change that, Chris Dyck is going local.

Dyck, the assistant manager at Blenz coffee shop in West Kelowna has an idea, and it’s all based around music and art created and performed by West Kelowna’s artistic minds.

Blenz West Kelowna

Blenz West Kelowna

“I live in Kelowna but I work out of West Kelowna and what I have noticed is the night life here is really one dimensional,” said Dyck. “There is not a lot of entertainment unless you want to go to the pub, so I want to give people something that will make them stay on this side of the bridge.”

That something is music and art.

Beginning tonight, Blenz will host local musicians on a weekly basis where performers will have an opportunity to showcase their skills. For Dyck, the idea combines a love for the community with a strong business sense.

“After a certain part of the day, once the box stores around us close, we are forgotten,” he explained. “So we thought about what we need and what does the area need and I think we all need a little more life here.”

So to inject more entertainment into West Kelowna, Blenz will push around chairs and tables in order to accommodate musician Jeff Pike, who will kick off the first of what Dyck hopes to be many nights filled with music. Pike, who is a part of the band Windborn, will play acoustic guitar for approximately an hour.

“He’s played here before, when my family took over the store,” said Dyck, whose parents own and operate the West Kelowna Blenz location. “Basically his music is laid back and that is the atmosphere we are trying to create.”

But Dyck’s vision doesn’t end with music.

“Music and art go hand-in-hand,” he said. “We have had a lot of local artists approach us to put their work in our shop. But I want to do better than that. Instead of rotating art every week, I thought we could showcase their work too.”

Dyck plans on expanding the showcases to two nights a week, but said that Blenz would first see how December works out, before increasing the number of shows in January.

The first showcase, with Pike as its entertainer, begins at 7 p.m. tonight at the Blenz coffee shop, with no charge for admission.

pieter@westkelowna.com

250-863-8049

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Vernon North opening party a huge success!!

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

The new “Blenz Vernon North” outlet had their Opening Party Monday evening which turned out to be a huge success. A big thankyou to the all the baristas and support staff and congradulations to Caroline and Trevor Koenig!

photos courtsey of Jiri Bakala and Ascent Films Inc.


“Blenz Vernon North”


Blenz first Drive Thru


Franchise Partner Trevor Koenig with Master Territorial Partner David McDougall
Vernon North Baristas ready to serve


Customers line up to try the products


Inside the new store

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A seasonal favourite “Pumpkin Spice Latte”

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

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Entrepreneur Showcase, Small Business BC

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the sold out Entrepreneur Showcase featuring exhibits from 17 amazing entrepreneurs. Blenz baristas supplied coffee and lattes for the attendees. George Moen, President of Blenz and keynote speaker, spoke on his experiences as an entrepreneur over the last 30 years. The event was a huge success.

Here are a few images from the evening…

latte art in progess key note speaker George Moen

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