Lavazza goes shopping in Australia

Turin-based coffee maker Lavazza is pushing ahead with its internationalisation strategy with the acquisition of Blue Pod Coffee, an Australian company specialising in the distribution of Lavazza brand espresso machines and capsules for the Office Coffee Service (OCS) sector and for more than 10 years Lavazza’s exclusive distributor for these products in Australia.

The operation confirms the importance of Australia as a key market for Lavazza and will enable the group to establish a direct presence without external intermediaries.

Lavazza has been operating in Australia for more than 30 years and in 2015 opened the subsidiary Lavazza Australia Pty Ltd in Melbourne.