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Esquires Cafes To Work With Dairygold In Ireland

Operational Update4 December 2024CCCConsumer Staples

5 December 2024
Cooks Coffee Company Limited

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

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,

nutritional’s 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

Enquiries:

Cooks Coffee Company Limited

Keith Jackson

(Executive Chairman)


+64 21 702 509 (New Zealand)

keith.jackson@cookscoffeecompany.com


Angela Griffen


+64 275 780 889

angela@angelagriffen.com


Cooks Coffee Esquires Cafes To Work With

Dairygold In Ireland

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