Business For Sale

Gentry Packaging Machines, Inc. is for sale. This is a unique business opportunity. Our vertical, form, fill and seal machines can package up to 220 different types of product. Six models are available on CAD in both 3D Solid Works and 2D Auto Cad with parts, companies and variations. Owner has a 13 year customer base with detailed records Please call Sherry Littrell at 479.549.2100.

Equipment For Sale

Probat L12 with afterburner. 2 years old, great shape and well cared for. Reliable, solid roaster with maintenance records available. Ampco doublewall vent pipe included. $29,000. For more pictures and specs, please call Glenn at 970.247.1100.

Michaelo Espresso Cart – Almost new! Fully equipped, top of the line. Dark green 6', aluminum welded frame, refrigerator, water works. La San Marco Espresso machine, 2-group with 2 SM-90 Grinders. For more information, call 800.728.9116 or 206.391.0788.

Coffee shop closed. Must sell remaining equipment (all only two years old) which includes: Coffee Shop Manager POS System (hardware & software), Bunn Twin Coffee Brewer, Ultra 2 Granita Machine, Rosita Bisani Espresso Grinder, 2 Bunn Coffee Grinders, Avery Berkel Digital Scales. Call 903.454.1010 or email themanegrind@geusnet.com.

Probat L-5, (5 kilo) roaster in excellent condition w/ propane and natural gas burners, extra motor and piping included. $16,000. For more information please call 206.567.4636

Looking to Purchase

Equipment. Used roasting equipment, espresso equipment/tools, coffee- and tea-related equipment and tools. Looking to purchase a roasting company/plant in U.S. Looking to hire experienced roasters. Please contact Sam at 323.394.1155 or tl13@aol.com

Coffee Pacifica is interested in acquiring coffee roaster/retailers that are looking to sell their business. Please contact Mr. Shailen Singh by e-mail at shailen@coffeepacifica.com.

Organizations

Cup For Education is a non-profit organization designed to help poor rural coffee communities of Central and Latin America build schools within their communities and assist in providing them with teachers and the basic tools needed to educate the future generations of coffee farmers. Cup for Education sponsors a teacher for the Solidarity School in the community of Los Alpes in Jinotega, Nicaragua. Entering its second year, Karen Gordon, president and founder of CFE, says, “We are pleased to have raised enough funds to enable us to sponsor the teacher again for the school. The additional teacher allows this community to send children to school to further their education by another grade level.” For more information, go to www.cupforeducation.org or call 800.458.2233.

Consulting/Education

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Help Wanted

Coffee Wholesale Manager. Successful Nashville, Tenn., coffee company looking for experienced, creative and professional person to manage and grow our wholesale business. Job includes managing production and sales staff as well as doing all the usual stuff at a small growing business. Please send resume to beanheads@bongojava.com.

Roast Master wanted for small, successful Nashville coffee company. Experienced roaster only. Extra points for being able to fix equipment, sell or contribute to the business in other ways. Please send resume to beanheads@bongojava.com.

ABCJ (Another Boring Coffee Job). Miniscule Oakland, Calif., home roasting company needs help with mail orders, managing warehouse inventory and beating employees senseless (joke). Fair pay and benefits, nice people, good weather. For details e-mail maria@sweetmarias.com.