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John Conti (American Football)
The john conti Coffee Company is a roaster and supplier of high-grown Arabica-coffee, Arabican coffees. The company was founded in 1962 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky, where its roasting facility also resides. Since 1990, it has used the trademark "The Best Coffee in Town". Beyond coffee, the company also makes Contea brand iced tea and Aqua Conti bottled water. History John Conti started the company in 1962 in Louisville, Kentucky as the john conti Vending Co. The company began installing coffee units at offices in 1971 and opened a coffee store in 1976. With the coffee business expanding, the vending business was sold in 1982. In 1977, the ''Louisville Today Magazine'' named it "The Best Coffee in Town". In 1990—after winning that distinction in all following contents—the company applied for and received that tagline as a trademark. A coffee museum that offered free coffee was built next to the Louisville factory, and operated until 2011. The brand expanded its mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six ''Fortune'' 500 companies: Humana, Kindred Healthcare, and Yum! Brands. Muhamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
