The owner of the Colombia-based Juan Valdez coffee chain announced a joint venture with United States- and Colombia-based Green Coffee Company for coffee sales in the U.S. and Canada.

According to an announcement from Procafecol, the private company created by the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC) to promote and operate the Juan Valdez coffee chain, the deal will give Green Coffee Company the rights to produce and sell Juan Valdez-branded coffee in supermarkets.

In an aspirational announcement, Procafecol said the deal is expected to generate sales of $100 million by 2030 while increasing Juan Valdezโ€™s market share of Colombian coffee sold in the U.S. to 25%.

Procafecol President Camila Escobar said the deal represents a major inroad to U.S. for Juan Valdez, which opened its first retail cafe in 2002 and has since expanded to nearly 600 cafes, including nearly 200 international cafes overall and 12 U.S. cafes. Escobar described Green Coffee Company as theย โ€œ[translated from Spanish] largestย coffee producer in Colombiaโ€ with โ€œthe necessary knowledge and experience in North America to strengthen the presence and distribution of our premium 100% Colombian coffee.โ€

The financial terms of the agreement were not publicly disclosed.

Green Coffee Company is a portfolio company of the Latin America-focused investment firm Legacy Group, in which GCC Founder Cole Shepard is a partner.

The coffee company, whose production operations are based in Medellรญn, Colombia, has secured more than $60 million in private investments since its founding in 2018, and has grown to become the largest green coffee producer in all of Colombia, according to the companyโ€™s own statements.

The company says it currently owns and operates 45 coffee farms spanning more than 4,000 hectares in southwestern Antioquia. The company also says that โ€œall of its coffeeโ€ is imported to the U.S. and โ€œroasted at an SQF certified, state-of-the art facility.โ€

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