Sodexo Live! is announcing a new partnership with Caravan Coffee Roasters, bringing the brand’s independent specialty coffee to some of the UK’s leading sports, hospitality and event venues.
Caravan’s coffee blends will be introduced across Sodexo Live! hospitality, conference and events operations, beginning at Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground before extending across 12 major stadia and destination venues, followed by a phased expansion across the wider portfolio.
The refreshed coffee offering forms part of an ongoing commitment from Sodexo Live! to deliver high-quality hospitality experiences, bringing the quality of coffee in line with the premium food and drink guests already enjoy.
Caravan will be working closely with Sodexo Live! throughout the rollout, providing ongoing support across barista training, technical support, events and marketing activity to ensure a consistently high-quality coffee experience.
Caravan’s approach to coffee centres on building direct, long-term relationships with producers and sourcing coffee with a focus on quality and responsible practices. This shared approach was an important part of the decision to partner with Caravan, alongside the roaster’s ability to bring its specialist coffee expertise to a large and diverse venue portfolio.
As part of the Sodexo Live! offering, guests will be able to enjoy Caravan’s core blends, with plans to add single-origin coffees in the future, giving venues greater variety while keeping a consistent everyday coffee experience. One of the blends to be used for filter coffee is Caravan’s ‘Vista’ – a blend sourced entirely from women-led farmers, supporting Caravan’s wider ambition to move their whole core-range towards being 100% sourced from women-led farms.
For bean-to-cup machines, Sodexo Live! will introduce ‘Works’, a blend formulated to deliver a consistent, crowd-pleasing coffee across high-volume environments.