Cooks Coffee Company - Esquires Expansion in Ireland

5 December 2024

Cooks Coffee Company Limited

("Cooks Coffee", or the "Company" or the "Group")

Esquires Expansion in Ireland

Cooks Coffee Company, (NZX:CCC; AQUIS:COOK), the international coffee focused café chain, announces that it has entered an agreement between Dairygold Agri Business Limited (Dairygold) and Esquires Coffee House Ireland Ltd (Esquires) for Esquires to operate and manage four cafés within Co-Op Superstores owned by Dairygold, in Ireland.

The contract will be for an initial period of 10 years and is effective immediately. The cafés are based in Midleton, Carrigaline and Mallow in Cork and Raheen in Limerick. Dairygold's retail business operates 26 stores across Munster under the Co-Op Superstores brand.

Dairygold is one of Ireland's leading Irish farmer owned co-operatives, consisting of dairy, nutritionals and agri business and employing over 1,300 people. With a rich history spanning decades, Dairygold has been supporting its farmer members for over a century.

Cooks Coffee Company owns the global rights* to the Esquires brand and has its core focus on the UK and Ireland. With more than 100 stores in its portfolio globally, the Company is experiencing a period of rapid development and growth.  The focus of the business is to create an ethical café group operated by local people and promote individual entrepreneurship and community engagement. With the addition of these garden centre cafés, there will now be 19 stores in Ireland.

Aiden Keegan, Chief Executive of Cooks, commented: "We look forward to building the partnership with Dairygold and to sharing Esquires great food, coffee and hospitality in the Co-op cafes that we will operate with pride."

https://www.dairygold.ie/

https://www.cookscoffeecompany.com/

*except for Australia and New Zealand

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