September 3, 2010
“Lavazza Café opens at the American Eataly store ”
The tradition of authentic Italian espresso has just arrived to New York with the opening of the Lavazza Café, on 31 August, at the brand-new Eataly store, at the junction between Fifth Avenue and Broadway, just a stone’s throw from the Flatiron Building in central Manhattan.

August 11, 2010
“Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. announces $250 million common stock purchase agreement with Luigi Lavazza S.p.A ”
WATERBURY, Vt., and TORINO, Italy, August 10, 2010 – Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) (NASDAQ: GMCR) and Luigi Lavazza S.p.A (Lavazza) announced the companies have entered into a $250 million common stock purchase agreement. Under terms of the agreement, Lavazza has agreed to purchase $250 million in aggregate purchase price of newly issued shares of GMCR’s $0.10 par value Common Stock, or approximately 7% of GMCR’s current outstanding shares, at a price per share equal to the 60 day volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) at closing minus 7.5%.

June 10, 2010
“Lavazza, líder del café made in Italy, se lanza al mercado colombiano con BLUE.”
Bogotá, 10 de junio de 2010 – Lavazza ha lanzado hoy al mercado colombiano el sistema BLUE, un sistema para el espresso con cápsulas, auténtica joya del Made in Italy. En un ambiente de arte, cultura y glamour, los invitados han saboreado el delicioso espresso que por primera vez Lavazza ha ofrecido en la Casa Museo de la “Fundación Enrique Grau”, en presencia del embajador italiano en Bogotá, Gerolamo Schiavoni, y de clientes, periodistas y líderes de opinión.

June 7, 2010
“2009 Annual Report: Lavazza Unaffected by Crisis”
Turin, 7 June 2010 – Few days ago, the General Shareholders’ Meeting approved the Financial Statements of Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. and the Consolidated Financial Statements 2009 of the Group, with net revenues amounting to €1,093 million, in line with those in 2008, and an EBITDA of €168 million (€169.3 million in 2008).

May 20, 2010
“Lavazza acquires Coffice, a company operating in Argentina in the OCS and vending segments”
Following the recent acquisition of the Onda coffee shop chain in Bulgaria, the Company is continuing along the path of international expansion, focusing its attention on the South American markets.

March 4, 2010
“Lavazza sigue creciendo: Ercom entra en el grupo”
Lavazza ha llevado a cabo hoy la compra del 100% de Ercom S.p.A., empresa líder en Italia dedicada a bebidas calientes y preparados para sorbetes y granizados, productos comercializados a través de las marcas Eraclea, Dulcimea y Whittington. El vendedor mayoritario ha sido Alicros S.p.A., una sociedad financiera propiedad de la familia Garavoglia, junto con los accionistas históricos de Ercom. Vitale & Associati ha actuado como asesor financiero de Alicros, y el bufete Giliberti, Pappalettera, Triscornia como asesor jurídico.