Standard Coffee
When businessman William B. Reily moved from Monroe, LA to New Orleans in 1902, he left his wholesale grocery business behind in order to focus on roasting, grinding and packaging CoFFEE. Seventeen years later, after establishing the Luzianne® brand coffee and teas in the New Orleans market, Mr. Reily leveraged his experience in the grocery business to create Standard Coffee Service Company®. The company was an opportunity to take the Luzianne products, along with spices and household items, directly to consumers via home delivery.
From its inception in 1919 to the 1940s, Standard Coffee Service Company grew to include more than 900 routes in its service area. With the advent of supermarkets and transportation improvements, the usefulness of home-delivered groceries waned. In the 1960s, the company dropped home delivery of sundry items, focusing instead on delivering to offices.
In 1967 Standard Coffee Service Company changed its name to Standard Office Coffee Service Company and has continued to be a pioneer in its industry, introducing products and services such as thermal brewing systems for freshness (1987), a water filtration process, Standguard™ Water Quality Assurance (1991) and its Individual Brew Technology (IBT) for one-cup coffees and teas (2004).
Today, The Standard Companies, Inc., d/b/a Standard Coffee Service Company is one of the largest service companies in the country, providing brewed beverages, equipment, condiments, water filtration systems and related items to businesses throughout North America.
Company Overview
Standard Coffee Service Company (Standard) offers brewed beverage solutions for offices, foodservice and restaurant industries. Standard provides brewing equipment and maintenance, along with a variety of premium coffees and teas and beverage condiments.
With nationwide delivery, Standard has several strategically located distribution facilities throughout the country including Los Angeles, California; Denver, Colorado; Lubbock, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Knoxville, Tennessee; Tampa, Flordia and Baltimore, Maryland .
Through its nationwide Service Network, Standard installs and maintains commercial coffee and tea brewers, cappuccino and hot chocolate brewing machines, as well as single-serve coffee and tea brewers. Through the Service Network, technicians are available to install, remove and repair common coffee machines via a centrally dispatched work order system. Standard Direct is a service option where customers can place orders by phone, email or through a secure and password protected website and have their supplies delivered directly to them.
Environmental Initiatives
Standard Coffee Service Company (Standard) is taking steps to reduce its environmental footprint in both the products it offers and the way in which it does business. The company offers an ecotainer™, a paper hot cup made from fully renewable materials, as well as reusable mugs and tumblers. The Standguard water filtration system promotes water and energy conservation while minimizing the downstream waste and plastics associated with bottled water.
Standard Direct, an order system for small offices and remote locations, not only generates less paper but also reduces fuel consumption and lowers emissions. Standard is also moving toward a paperless policy, whereby materials are placed online via Standard’s intranet portal and uploaded to staff, rather than printed and either mailed or faxed to field representatives.
Products
Coffees:
Standard offers several coffees under the Standard brand name, each made from carefully selected quality beans: Gourmet Blend, Decaffeinated Gourmet Blend, Colombian, Hospitality Blend and Special Blends. These blends offer rich, full-bodied flavor at a more affordable price than specialty coffees.
Gourmet Coffees:
Javarama® Coffee
Luzianne® Coffee
Peets® Coffee & Tea
Caribou Coffee
Green Mountain Coffee®
Starbucks® Coffee
Barnie’s®
Single-Cup Coffees:
Javarama® Coffee
Flavia Beverage Systems®
Green Mountain Coffee®
Teas:
Luzianne®
Bigelow Tea Company®
Golden Leaf®
Arizona®
Standguard Water Quality Assurance Solution
Standguard is a state-of-the-art water filtration system that delivers premium drinking water. Not only does Standguard easily integrate into brewing systems, it also provides single serve filtered water.
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