TSIG.com to Offer Gourmet Coffee Over the Internet
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2000-- TeleServices Internet Group Inc. (OTCBB:TSIG - news), known as TSIG.com, today announced that it has reached an agreement with TradeMark Coffee Corporation (``TradeMark Coffee') of Barrington, Illinois, to offer the TradeMark brand of coffee over the Internet. TSIG.com will offer the premium coffee on a new company-owned Web site as one of its myCard programs, and plans to form various partnerships with corporations and non-profits to drive traffic to the new site.
``Coffee is one of the most widely consumed products in the world, and we wanted to offer the best coffee we could find to our myCard customers over the Internet,' noted Robert Gordon, Chairman and CEO of TSIG.com. ``TradeMark supplies many of the boutique foodservice stores, and is not just another good coffee roaster, but also offers the sophisticated handling and packaging technology that is needed to produce consistently great coffee. The addition of premium coffee to our product line gives us the opportunity to create innovative marketing programs with corporations and develop new fund-raisers with our non-profit partners.'
About TradeMark Coffee Corporation
Incorporated in 1992, TradeMark Coffee Corporation (``TradeMark') of Barrington, Illinois, offers state-of-the-art coffee handling, roasting, grinding and packaging technology available to quality foodservice distributors throughout the United States. The coffee handling system, from green to ground, was developed by Probat, the premier company in roasting technology. For different growths, the plant offers both fluid bed and drum roasters, each convection heated so that the coffee never comes in contact with flame, and is also equipped with various blowers where the coffee is not touched from green bag opening through packaging. The form and fill packaging machines, also state-of-the-art, were developed by Hayssen, and offer computer-controlled filling and weighing, and use nitrogen gas in place of oxygen to give the product a seven-month shelf life.
Trade Mark Coffee was founded by Mark Lessert, a 30-year food industry veteran, who began his career at the Jewel Companies, one of the nation's largest foodservice companies, where he held senior management positions in manufacturing, sales and marketing, and operations. Subsequently, he headed up two other foodservice businesses with revenues in excess of $130 million, after which he formed TradeMark Coffee.
About TSIG.com
Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, TSIG.com created the My MusicCard program (http://www.mymusiccard.com) to enable consumers to purchase CDs and cassettes at the lowest prices, and to develop revenue-generating programs with corporations and non-profit organizations that drive consumers to customers' Internet sites for the lowest cost in the industry. Similarly, TSIG.com's My PhotoCard programs provide the lowest cost film processing and Kodak film. These unique marketing programs provide high margin returns and develop strong brand loyalty and awareness within target communities. TSIG.com also provides customer service and support with its Web-based call center and related services.
This press release contains ``forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Securities Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act. Actual results could differ materially, as the result of such factors as (1) competition in the markets for the products and services sold by the company, (2) the ability of the company to execute its plans, (3) the availability of financing at favorable terms, and (4) other factors detailed in the company's public filings with the SEC.
Contact:
TSIG.com, St. Petersburg
Paul Henry, phenry@tsig.com
Richard Wheeler, dwheeler@tsig.com
727/897-4000 |
