Drinkware
Stanley Expands Travel Mugs Line
PMI’s Stanley brand is expanding its line of travel mugs with new colors and updated designs that will appeal to consumers who are taking their coffee with them on their commute, out on the job site or out to the fishing cabin.
Stanley’s Classic Trigger-Action Travel Mug and Classic Twin-Lock[TM] Travel Mug are new for spring 2019 and feature an updated brand logo/look-feel and also new colorways, Nightfall and Polar. The Classic Trigger-Action Travel Mug is a stainless steel double-wall vacuum mug with a push-button lid. It’s leakproof, easy to clean and dishwasher safe, and it will fit into the car’s beverage holder. The 20-ounce mug will retail for $25 and keeps coffee hot for nine hours or a soda cold for 12 hours. The 16-ounce mug will retail for $23 and its contents will stay hot for seven hours or cold for 10.
The Classic Twin-Lock Travel Mug is also made with stainless steel double-wall construction to keep hot beverages hot and cold beverages cold, and it’s also leakproof and very packable. Its Twin-Lock cam-action lid opens wide for easy cleaning, and it’s also dishwasher safe. These also come in 20-ounce and 16-ounce sizes, which retail for the same prices as the Classic Trigger-Action Travel Mugs. The 20-ounce mug will keep hot beverages hot for four hours and cold ones cold for six hours. The 16-ounce mug will keep hot beverages hot for four hours and cold ones cold for five hours.
The company is also launching the new Polar color for its Adventure Vacuum Mug and Adventure Wide Mug this spring. The Adventure Vacuum Mug will appeal to those who want to clip their mugs onto a backpack and haul them up a mountainside for the distinct pleasure of sitting on a rock with a hot meal while enjoying the view as well as to those who are bringing their lunchtime soup along on the subway. The 8-ounce mug is made of stainless steel with double-wall vacuum insulation that will keep its contents hot for three hours or cold for four hours. It’s leakproof and packable with a versatile lid system, and it’s single-serve brewer compatible. The mug is dishwasher safe and retails for $15.
The Adventure Wide Mug is also coming out in the new Polar color this spring. This 20-ounce mug has a wide base and a non-skid footpad for those of us who might find ourselves setting our coffee down on top of the toolbox in the truck bed. Also made of stainless steel with double-wall vacuum insulation, it has a leak-resistant flip lid to deal with the slosh that comes with being carried around in a moving vehicle, and it’ll keep its contents hot for four hours or cold for six. It retails for $30.
Famous Picardie Tumblers Modern and Bold in Black
The classic French Picardie tumbler is now available in a modern, stunning black. This black, 8-3/4-ounce beauty is called Soft Touch. The outside of the glass is a smooth, matte black and the inside of the glass is a high-gloss, shiny black. The contrast in texture adds dimension to the glass and plays with the ambient light.
This new Picardie tumbler is made in the classic, often-imitated design that’s a pleasure to hold and that feels comfortable on the lip. The tumbler is practical, elegant and modern. Made in France, of course, Soft Touch elevates a traditional table design and warms a casual table design. As in fashion, black glassware goes with everything.
A set of six Soft Touch tumblers retails for $36. These tumblers, like all Picardie glassware, are made in France from tempered glass – a durable, nonporous material that is two-and-a-half times stronger than ordinary glass. Duralex glasses are stackable and safe – if broken, they shatter into small chunks rather than jagged shards – and are microwave-, freezer- and dishwasher-safe.
Picardie glasses are recognized throughout France, and remain the icon of French taverns, bistros and inns, as all Frenchmen and Frenchwomen grew up with Picardie glasses in their homes, school cafeterias and restaurants. They are used for coffee, tea, wine, cocktails and as all-purpose drinking glasses.
Picardie tumblers are made by Duralex, which has been manufacturing tempered glassware, through a process it invented, in the heart of France since 1945. Duralex is the only glass manufacturing company that manufactures all of its products in France.
ESPRO to Debut Two New Products at International Home and Housewares Show 2019
ESPRO ® , creators of superior French presses and coffee brewing accessories, will showcase its innovative and rapidly expanding product line at this year’s International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago, Illinois, March 2-5. In addition to its line of French presses, including the award-winning glass P5, insulated P7, and revolutionary Ultralight Travel Press, the brand will debut its two newest products — the Cold Brew System and Coffee Tasting Cups at booth N8130.
“ We’re excited to bring two new products to our line that allow ESPRO users even more opportunities to immerse themselves in an authentic, thoughtful coffee experience — and what an honor to do it at this year’s International Home and Housewares Show,” said ESPRO President and co-Founder Bruce Constantine. “Cold brew has been a growing trend in the industry – it’s available at cafes and in grocery stores. Our Cold Brew System allows consumers to make, store and enjoy delicious cold brew coffee from the comfort of their homes. The Tasting Cups add another layer of enjoyment to each sip with the focus on the enhancement of each brew’s aromas and flavor notes. Both of these additions give our users more variety in how they interact with coffee, while providing the high-quality products they’ve come to expect from our brand.”
ESPRO will debut the following new products:
- ESPRO Cold Brew System – The Cold Brew System is a quick, easy way to make a delicious cold brew coffee that can be stored in the refrigerator and enjoyed for several days. Featuring a stainless steel brewer, a two-filter system, an auto-valve lock and resealable growler, ESPRO helps make brewing this smooth summer staple simpler and more delicious than ever. The Cold Brew System will be available for purchase at select retailers and www.espro.com for $99.95.
- ESPRO Coffee Tasting Cups – ESPRO’s Coffee Tasting Cups were created to accentuate and intensify coffee’s unique tasting notes and aromas. With a focus on Cocoa, Fruity Berry, Spicy Cinnamon and Floral Jasmine, each tasting cup is designed to bring out a specific flavor based on its shape. The set of Coffee Tasting Cups will be available for purchase at select retailers and www.espro.com for $79.95 as a set of four or $19.95 for an individual cup.
Tommee Tippee Adds Inventive New Toddler Cups
For parents, reaching those toddler milestones is an exciting and proud moment, but getting there can be messy and exhausting. To help ease the transition from bottle or sippee to open cup drinking, Tommee Tippee introduces two innovative additions to its toddler feeding lineup, the No Knock cup and Easiflow 360-Degree cup.
The No Knock cup is the world’s first toddler-proof open cup. Hard to knock over, but easy to pick up, it features a special base powered by CleverGrip™ technology, which grips on smooth surfaces to avoid accidental knocks and bumps but lifts easily for drinking. Perfect for mess-free mealtime, No Knock encourages open cup drinking, which is ideal for healthy oral and speech development. The No Knock cup is available in 6-and 10-ounce cups, featuring a range of eye-catching colors and animated patterns.
The Easiflow 360-Degree is the easiest 360-Degreecup to use ever. Tested against global top sellers, it’s the easiest 360-Degree cup for little ones to drink from and for parents to clean. The Easiflow 360-Degree cup features a no spout lip-activated design, which allows toddlers to drink from anywhere around the edge, for spill-free sipping that helps teach grown up drinking skills. With a one-piece, easy-clean valve and a handy travel cap for on-the-go drinking, the Easiflow 360-Degree cup is available in a 7-ounce format with handles and an 8-ounce tumbler. Choose from a range of colorful designs and cartoon-style characters.
The No Knock cup and Easiflow 360-Degree cup are available now. The SRP ranges from $6.99-7.99.
Tommee Tippee® is the number one feeding brand in the UK and the fastest growing baby bottle brands in the United States. For over 50 years, the company has made award-winning, innovative products that are designed to make life a little bit easier for parents.
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NTL Completes Acquisition Of Gessner Products
New ThermoServ, Ltd., a leading domestic manufacturer of tableware, and Gessner Products Company, Inc., a leader in melamine and SAN smallwares and other tabletop products, have announced the completed acquisition of all Gessner Products assets by NTL.
NTL is best known as a longstanding domestic manufacturer of plastic drinkware and more recently, melamine dinnerware, operating in the retail channel as ThermoServ™, and in the foodservice market as Prolon™. Both the ThermoServ and Prolon brands tout a full line of American-made, high quality melamine dinnerware and Tritan™ drinkware products, geared towards consumer and commercial use accordingly. NTL is currently positioned as the sole domestic manufacturer of melamine dinnerware and complimentary plastic drinkware products, and the Gessner acquisition further expands the company’s capabilities and growth opportunities in their core channels.
Gessner Products has been serving the foodservice and retail industries for over 60 years and has established themselves as the leading expert and domestic manufacturer of melamine and SAN smallware items that include ramekins, rarebits, bowls and serving dishes. In recent years, the company also expanded into additional tabletop product lines including the polycarbonate drinkware brand Blazun™ and peppermill brand Mr. Dudley®.
For NTL, the acquisition of Gessner presents an opportunity to merge the operations and manufacturing capabilities of the only two domestic melamine providers in the U.S. The Gessner line of smallwares will be folded into the Prolon tableware brand, resulting in a combined product portfolio that will offer foodservice customers a comprehensive suite of tabletop products.
“NTL is pleased to bring together resources and technologies of both the Prolon and Gessner brands with this acquisition. By merging two leaders in domestic tableware, this transaction creates an ideal synergy for both us and our foodservice customers,” said Tom Neth, NTL’s President. “We believe this step will strengthen our ability to serve commercial businesses with a full line of high-quality, domestically manufactured casual dinnerware, serving ware, smallwares and drinkware. Which in today’s political and economic environment, is a much-needed option for businesses across all industries.”
This latest acquisition by NTL is the third in the past two years, following Prolon in 2017 and refillable drinkware brand Capitol Cups™ in 2018, and is part of the company’s aggressive growth strategy to become the domestic leader in plastic dinnerware and drinkware products. The company launched a corporate rebranding from ThermoServ to NTL in late 2018 to help manage their growing portfolio of brands that include ThermoServ™, Prolon™, Capitol Cups™, Makit™ and now Gessner™.
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