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Canadian coffee company Not to be confused with de:Balzac Coffee Company.

Balzac's Coffee Roasters
IndustryRestaurants
GenreCoffee house
ServicesCoffee
Websitebalzacs.com

Balzac's Coffee is a Canadian coffee company with sixteen retail locations across Southwestern Ontario and the GTA, including Toronto Niagara, Kitchener, Stratford, Guelph, and Kingston. The first Balzac’s café was opened in Stratford, Ontario, in 1996, by entrepreneur Diana Olsen. Named after the famous French novelist and famed coffee drinker Honoré de Balzac, the cafes serve conventional and fair trade blends, as well as espressos, hot chocolate and a variety of cold beverages. Each Balzac's Coffee location has commissioned a café poster unique to the community it serves.

Balzac's was featured in the sixth season of Dragon's Den; two of the venture capitalists on the show bought into the company. In 2016, the company started a new business, selling coffee beans in grocery stores across Canada, including Loblaws, Sobeys and Whole Foods.

In 2024 Balzac's Anniversary Blend coffee brand won an award from Western Grocer for Best New Product in the Whole Bean Coffee category The company is owned by District Ventures Capital, a private equity firm led by Arlene Dickinson.

References

  1. "Café Locations". Balzac's Coffee Roasters. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. Anukem, Ony. "Meet Diana Olsen: the founder of Balzac's Coffee Roasters – Women of Influence". Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  3. Buckland, Jason (April 19, 2012). "Memorable winners & losers on 'Dragons' Den': Balzac's Coffee Roasters". MSN Money. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2013.
  4. "Balzac's Coffee Roasters' measured expansion puts brand equity above size and profits". Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  5. "Balzac's Coffee Roasters 'Anniversary Blend' wins 2024 Best New Product Awards". Western Grocer. January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  6. "Portfolio". District Ventures Capital. Retrieved February 26, 2024.

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