Community Coffee announces partnership with Blue Ridge Global

Partnership will help coffee company align distribution with demand

Community Coffee has announced a partnership with Blue Ridge Global for supply chain planning solutions to align its distribution with expected demand.

Baton Rouge, La.-based Community Coffee, in its 99^th year of operation, distributes coffee throughout markets in the Southeastern United States. Blue Ridge Global offers cloud-based distribution-focused forecasting and inventory planning solutions.

“Blue Ridge provides turn-key solutions that addressed all of our immediate needs at a reasonable cost and quick turnaround,” says Angela Zimmer, demand planning manager, Community Coffee Company. “Overall, they were a good fit and will help ensure our customers never run out of a rich, smooth cup of Community coffee.”

“Community Coffee’s investment in a foreseeable future is an example of how its unwavering dedication to the quality of its coffee extends to exploring new ideas and innovation within its operations and planning,” said Jim Byrnes, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Ridge. “Blue Ridge technology will help reinforce Community Coffee’s commitment to exceptional products and service, ensuring maximum freshness by getting products to customers faster.”

For more information on Blue Ridge's supply chain platform, visit here.

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Casey Laughman is the former Editor in Chief of Food Engineering magazine. He has almost two decades’ experience as a writer and editor for mainstream and trade publications. He spent several years as a writer and editor for two news services before becoming the editor of a legal publication and managing editor of a trade magazine that covered the commercial facilities market.