Coffee and Machines B2B
Fresh and Honest Café Limited (FHCL) is an ISO 9001:2000 and HACCP certified company,
(now a part of the Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. group of companies) and has been in the
coffee vending business for the past thirteen years in India. Group companies include
Barista Coffee Co. Ltd. and various other Lavazza subsidiary companies across various
continents around the globe. FHCL was among the first to introduce imported Swiss
coffee vending machines in the Indian market in 1996 and pioneered the concept of
serving coffee out of freshly brewed coffee beans that are ground and brewed afresh
with every serving for every cup. Over the years, FHCL has expanded to a base of
over 3000 machines installed across 16 branches in 22 cities over India and has
arguably become the largest player in the country, both in terms of points of presence
and in the volume of billing generated. These machines are placed int various leading
hotels, restaurants and major agglomerations like railway stations and airports.
FHCL is a one- stop shop for ‘complete hot beverage solutions’ from the bean to
the cup. It provides all its valued customers with solutions that are linked to
their daily beverage consumption needs based on a complete front/back end supply
model, ranging from roasted coffee beans and other allied supplies (milk, sugar
etc) to the highly automated and specialized Automatic Vending Machines .
FHCL’s state- of- the-art Automatic Vending Machines (AVMs) are among the world’s
best in class technology Swiss machines that are superior, both in terms of functionality
and ease of use. The machines uniqueness is due to its automated platform of choice
offerings of various programmable features for dispensing a variety of beverages.
They primarily function through the use of a microprocessor chip and are capable
of dispensing a wide variety of beverages including Swiss soups, Swiss chocolate
and a range of coffees and teas. These machines are also unique functionally as
they are the only ones of their kind in India that provides the facility of serving
fresh milk with freshly roasted coffee beans (and not premixed coffee powder or
powdered/cold milk) to deliver the freshest coffee that any machine can ever deliver
and also provide the consumer the option of a world class serving matched with personalized
needs and service. It is and will continue to enthrall its valued customers with
unique personalized offerings.
In order to maintain consistent cup quality, cup after every cup, FHCL is equipped
with its own state-of-the-art coffee roasting facility in Chennai where roasting,
blending and quality testing of coffee beans is carried out by highly qualified
Quality Control professionals before the product reaches to the end consumers. FHCL
also has a significant presence in the FMCG food products retail market in major
metros with ‘Alive!’, a packaged filter coffee powder with a 70% coffee and 30%
chicory combination and is marketed through the consumer product retailing model.
For more details,Please logon to our website at
www.fresh-honest.com