gourmet coffee type private industry coffee founded 1870 cuba and 1967 u.s. headquarters vernon california products whole bean coffee merchandise website www.gavina.com gavi a gourmet coffee also f. gavi a & sons inc is a coffee importer and roaster located in vernon california . it produces the gavi a and la llave espresso brands as well as private label own brand coffees . contents 1 history 2 operation and brands 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by brothers jos mar a and ram n gavi a who emigrated from spain to cuba in 1870 and operated their own coffee plantation in the city of trinidad . 1 in the 1930s the company s business expanded to include coffee roasting as well as coffee growing . 1 in 1959 the family left cuba establishing f. gavi a & sons inc in vernon eight years later . initially the company focused on roasting cuban style coffee but later expanded into coffees for other ethnic markets including blends to appeal to middle eastern and vietnamese palates . 2 operation and brands edit by 2002 gavi a s whole bean coffee was the top selling brand in los angeles grocery stores with its ground coffee ranked third behind folgers and maxwell house and the company decided to expand supermarket supplies to other regions of the us . 3 gavi a had begun selling its coffee to a small group of mcdonald s restaurants in southern california in 1983 and in 2005 it created a stronger blend that resulted in double digit growth in coffee sales through the fast food outlets . 4 it was one of three u.s. suppliers subsequently chosen to produce espresso for the mccafe program . 4 by 2010 gavi a was roasting about 40 million pounds of coffee per year 5 and was a 114m business with a fifth of revenue from making and packaging private label coffees for mcdonald s 7 eleven and costco stores according to the los angeles times . 6 the company which remains family owned still produces roasts for different ethnic markets as well as supplying supermarkets such as ralphs walmart and safeway . 6 it sells coffee in 20 states and its range includes the don francisco and la llave brands . 2 references edit a b hardie anne marie april 2013 . generations of family all committed to coffee . tea & coffee trade journal . retrieved 1 april 2014 . a b larsen richard march 4 2011 . brewing up sustainability . hispanic business . retrieved 1 april 2014 . fulmer melinda july 29 2002 . expansion brewing local coffee roaster plans push into bigger markets . la times . retrieved 1 april 2014 . a b luna nancy july 10 2009 . addicted to mcdonalds mccafe . orange county register . retrieved 1 april 2014 . baertlein lisa august 17 2010 . mcdonald s java roaster gavina eyes premium market . reuters reprinted at cnn . retrieved 2014 04 01 . a b olivarez giles nathan 5 january 2010 . coffee roasting brood keeps l.a. ethnic communities brewing . la times . retrieved 1 april 2014 . external links edit gavina official website don francisco website abc film about gavi a retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gavi a gourmet coffee & oldid 742045907 categories coffee brandsfood and drink companies of the united statescoffee houses of the united statescompanies based in los angeles county californiavernon california1967 establishments in californiacompanies established in 1967american companies established in 1967food and drink companies established in 1967 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 09 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view