F. Gaviña and Sons, Inc. Information

The Gaviña family has been in the coffee business for over 150 years as growers, importers, and roasters of gourmet coffee. The most important word in this statement is family. A strong sense of family is at the heart of F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc., more commonly known as Gaviña. The Company, one of the largest and most successful coffee businesses in the western United States, is led by a team of four siblings: three brothers, Jose, Pedro and Paco, and one sister, Leonor Gaviña-Valls. We have been US specialty coffee roasters since 1967 and we are the largest privately held minority coffee roaster nationwide, producing more than 30 million pounds of roasted coffee a year. The installation of our new state-of-the-art roasting and packing facility is almost complete, with a capacity of 60 million pounds and expandable to 100 million pounds. Our leading specialty retail brands include: Don Francisco's Gourmet Coffee: leading retail brand in Southern California grocery stores, top 10 coffee brand in the U.S. Café La Llave: leading espresso brand in the Southern California and Southern Florida markets Gaviña Gourmet Coffee: leading wholesale gourmet coffee brand in Southern California, with additional representation in Florida. Our Private Label clients include: McDonald's, Publix, and many others that we cannot mention. Gaviña has thousands of satisfied customers in the food service industry. We are active members of the National Coffee Association, Pacific Coast Coffee Association and the Specialty Coffee Association of America.