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Press Release

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

NEW BLENZ Coffee store opens in Kamloops.

(Kamloops, BC) ‒ Blenz Coffee is pleased to announce the opening of a new store in downtown Kamloops, BC. This location will mark their ninth location in the Okanagan region.

This franchise location will be operated by Beau Labrecque. “We are very pleased that Beau has joined the Blenz family as the franchise partner and operator of the new Blenz Coffee store in Kamloops,” commented David McDougall, the master franchisor of the Okanagan region. “We think his enthusiasm for business and passion for coffee will play a major part in his success in Kamloops.”

Master franchisors David McDougall has been working on expanding Kamloops for the past year. “It has been a priority for us to locate more Blenz Coffee stores in Kamloops. It is a thriving community, and we’re sure that Blenz Coffee will be well-received by all the people of the city.”

The store will be fully operational an open for business on Thurs 28th April. We look forward to seeing you down there.

Attention Editors, for media assets and interviews please contact:
Brian Greene
Marketing Co-ordinator, Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd.
email: briangreene@blenz.com
phone: 604.682.2995

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Barista: Noam Dehan

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Re posted from VancouverFOODSTER.com


Noam Dehan - Blenz Coffee in Vancouver

Noam Dehan - Blenz Coffee in Vancouver


Noam Dehan is a Barista at Blenz Coffee at 609 Granville Street in downtown Vancouver. He has worked as a Barista both here in Vancouver as well as when he lived in Israel. He loves to create new and unique espresso beverages, in addition to his love for coffee, he is also a talented photographer, designer and DJ.

His own beverage creation, “Sugar Love”

Ingredients:

Double shot of espresso

Steamed milk

Lemon

White sugar

Preparation:

1) Rim the mug with fresh lemon.

2) Place the rimmed cup in white sugar.

3) Pour the double shot of espresso in the mug.

4) Top with steamed milk and decorate.

Review by: Richard Wolak

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Metro Vancouver and Blenz team up for exclusive coverage

Monday, February 1st, 2010

FOR IMEDIATE RELEASE

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 Partners with British Columbia-based Canadian Snowboard Team Veteran Maëlle Ricker

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

– Gives Blenz Customers an Opportunity to Support Maëlle by Simply Enjoying Great Coffee –

Vancouver, BC – Blenz Coffee has partnered with Maëlle Ricker, a Squamish‐based member of the Canadian National Snowboard Team, and is launching a new promotion that gives Blenz customers the opportunity to support her throughout the 2009-10 season.

Maëlle Ricker is a 13-year veteran of the Canadian National Snowboard Team Photo courtesy of adamandkev photography

Maëlle Ricker is a 13-year veteran of the Canadian National Snowboard Team Photo courtesy of adamandkev photography

Ricker, a two-time Olympian in Snowboard Cross (2006) and Halfpipe (1998, 2006) was the 2008 Snowboard Cross Crystal Globe winner as the World Cup Overall points leader and has made a strong start to the 2009-10 season with a first place finish in September at the first FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup in Argentina.

Blenz was attracted to Maëlle not only because she is a veteran and role model on the Canadian National Snowboard team and a leading force in women’s snowboarding – she’s also a Blenz customer.

“As a Canadian company, it’s great to support our community on behalf of the thousands of Blenz customers, and we’re proud to partner with Maëlle. She’s an ambitious and talented local athlete who also understands and lives our brand and is hoping to do something great for Canada in 2010,” said Brian Noble, director and co‐founder of Blenz Coffee.

Maëlle is excited about the partnership with a BC-based company that fits seamlessly into her life as a snowboard athlete. “Sipping coffee in the morning before riding powder all day until my legs feel like they’re going to fall off and then winding down with a hot chocolate from Blenz is a perfect day,” said Maëlle. “I’m very happy to partner with Blenz for some extra fuel going into the Olympics this year.”

Blenz is also giving its customers an opportunity to put their support behind Maëlle by releasing a Limited Edition West Coast Winter Roast this winter season and will be available until the end of February 2010. “Every time our customers buy the West Coast Winter Roast, they’ll be enjoying great coffee in support of a great Canadian athlete,” added Brian Noble.

Maëlle will be providing exclusive updates on her training and competitions at www.blenzblog.com.

About Maëlle Ricker
Maëlle Ricker is a 13-year veteran of the Canadian National Snowboard Team, and is a trailblazer for women’s snowboarding, competing at both the inaugural snowboarding Halfpipe event at the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games where she finished fifth, and the first-ever Snowboard Cross event at the 2006 Torino Games finishing fourth.

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.

For more information about Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd., please contact:

Nanako Aramaki
Manager of Media Relations
Blenz The Canadian Coffee Company Ltd.
604.682.2995
press@blenz.com
www.blenz.com

Maëlle Ricker please contact:

Joan Hall
Manager, Athlete Services
Agenda Sport Marketing
778.918.5995
joan@agendasport.ca
www.agendasport.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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