Lavazza

Lavazza began more than 130 years ago in a small store in the historic centre of Turin, where Luigi Lavazza started blending and selling coffee; four generations later the family company has become one of the leading players on the global coffee scene, with a turnover of 3.9 billion euros and a portfolio that includes Lavazza, Carte Noire, Merrild and Kicking Horse.

The group operates in 140 markets with nine manufacturing plants in five countries and more than 5,800 employees, and produces over 30 billion cups of coffee a year, a scale built on research and innovation and on a stated focus on sustainability. Its headquarters remain in Turin, at Via Bologna 32, and the company runs art, photography and cultural projects alongside the coffee business through the Lavazza Foundation and its own exhibition spaces.