What Nomad Coffee Group does

Nomad Coffee Group is a privately held specialty coffee holding company headquartered in Richmond, Australia, operating a portfolio of six brands across Australia and New Zealand: Veneziano Coffee Roasters (400+ Australian cafes), Flight Coffee (100+ NZ cafes), Coffee Hit (FMCG across Australia and SE Asia), Sourced (ancillary products for hospitality and hotels), Black Bag Roasters (B2B contract roasting for retailers and franchises), and BlendCo (500+ hospitality venues). The group reported 101–250 employees as of the latest disclosure, with revenue not publicly stated.

The company's operations center on specialty coffee roasting supported by industrial-scale infrastructure. The Truganina facility (opened 2023) houses a 600kg Brambati roaster capable of producing up to 200 tonnes of roasted coffee per week and uses Rovema automated packing technology — the only system in Australasia supporting dynamic mixed cartons of beans and ground in different SKUs. Additional roasting occurs at the Richmond headquarters (Diedrich roasters for Veneziano specialty blends), at BlendCo's four locations across three Australian states, and at Flight Coffee's Wellington roastery. The company holds an unusually deep certification stack: B Corp (90.3 score, one of the highest in F&B), Climate Active and Toitū Net Carbon Zero carbon neutrality, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, ACO Organic, and SQF food safety.

Revenue is generated across five streams: cafe/hospitality wholesale (subscription-based, including barista training and equipment support), private label contract roasting (multi-year enterprise contracts with ALDI Australia and The Coffee Club's 400+ global stores), FMCG/retail (Woolworths Metro at 37 stores, 100+ FMCG outlets), DTC ecommerce across brand-specific websites (whole beans, cold brew, pods, instant, drip bags, equipment), and ancillary equipment/tea solutions. Distribution mixes direct enterprise field sales, channel partnerships, and event-driven brand building through competitions like the Golden Bean Awards (six consecutive Overall Large Chain Champion wins) and Australian/NZ barista championships. The group is led by CEO Craig Dickson, with brand CEOs for BlendCo (Hamish Carr) and Flight Coffee (MD Richard Corney).

Name

Nomad Coffee Group

Legal name

Nomad Coffee Group Pty Ltd

Website

https://nomadcoffeegroup.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Nomad Coffee Group is a privately held specialty coffee holding company operating six brands (Veneziano, Flight Coffee, Coffee Hit, Sourced, Black Bag Roasters, BlendCo) across Australia and New Zealand, serving cafes, hospitality venues, retailers, and consumers via wholesale, contract roasting, FMCG, and ecommerce channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Coffee Roasting and Wholesale Supply

NAICS

Coffee and Tea Manufacturing (311920)

SIC

Beverages (2080), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Coffee (Roasted, Ground, Whole Bean) (CRADAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Coffee, Tea & Cocoa Beverage Wholesale (AFAIAGAD), Coffee Roasters with Cafe (Roastery Cafes) (THAFADAE), Specialty Coffee & Tea Retail (Beans, Leaves, Accessories) (CRAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Specialty coffee roasting
• Wholesale coffee supply
• Contract roasting services
• Private label coffee
• Commercial coffee solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Cafe & Hospitality Wholesale: Supply of specialty coffee beans to cafes, restaurants, bars, and venues across Australia and New Zealand. Veneziano supplies over 400+ cafes, Flight Coffee supplies 100+ cafes in NZ, and BlendCo supplies over 500 hospitality venues.
2. Contract Roasting & Private Label: Black Bag Roasters provides custom contract roasting services for retailers, foodservice groups, and global franchises. Partners include ALDI Australia with 5-year Golden Bean winning streak, The Coffee Club with 400+ global stores, and San Churro.
3. FMCG & Retail: Sale of packaged coffee products through major retailers. Veneziano now available at Woolworths Metro stores in Victoria and ACT. Coffee Hit available at 100+ FMCG outlets across Australia and SE Asia.
4. Direct-to-Consumer Ecommerce: Online sales of whole beans, ground coffee, cold brew cans, compostable pods, instant coffee, drip bags, and equipment through brand-specific websites. Flight Coffee reports 20% growth in online sales in 2024.
5. Equipment & Ancillary Solutions: BlendCo and Sourced provide coffee, tea, and equipment solutions including whole bean, instant, compostable pods, syrups, flavoured powders, and machinery maintenance to hospitality venues.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels8 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Nomad Coffee Group is a portfolio company operating six specialty coffee brands across Australia and New Zealand. The group roasts, packages, and distributes specialty coffee through wholesale cafe supply (400+ Australian cafes, 100+ NZ cafes, 500+ hospitality venues), private label and contract roasting for major retailers and franchises, FMCG retail via Woolworths Metro, airport and hotel coffee services, and direct-to-consumer ecommerce channels.

Product overview

Nomad Coffee Group is a portfolio company operating multiple specialty coffee brands across Australia and New Zealand, serving both B2B and B2C customers. The group encompasses six distinct brands: Veneziano (specialty coffee supplying 400+ Australian cafes), Flight Coffee (specialty coffee for New Zealand's 100+ cafes), Coffee Hit (FMCG and online microroasting), Sourced (ancillary products for hotels and offices), Black Bag Roasters (contract roasting for retailers and franchises), and BlendCo (equipment and solutions for 500+ hospitality venues). Services span café supply, ecommerce, FMCG retail, and contract roasting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Veneziano Coffee Roasters: Leading Australian specialty coffee brand supplying over 400+ cafes, retail stores and ecommerce. Offers 800,000 cups per week at 700 cafes nationwide. Operates 6 flagship locations including Melbourne Airport.
• Flight Coffee
• Coffee Hit
• Sourced
• Black Bag Roasters
• BlendCo

Products and services

• Veneziano Coffee Roasters Veneziano Coffee Roasters supplies specialty coffee to 400+ cafes and retail stores in Australia and operates a growing DTC ecommerce channel offering whole beans, compostable pods, cold brew cans, instant coffee, drip bags, and home espresso accessories.
• Flight Coffee Flight Coffee is a leading New Zealand specialty coffee brand founded in 2009, supplying 100+ cafes, FMCG channels, and ecommerce across multiple product formats including whole beans, compostable pods, cold brew cans, instant coffee, drip bags, and home espresso machines.
• Coffee Hit Coffee Hit is a specialty coffee FMCG and online retail brand available at 100+ outlets across Australia and Southeast Asia, having grown from a Melbourne-based microroaster. It operates carbon neutrally since 2022.
• Sourced Coffee Sourced provides coffee and complementary products to cafes, offices, hotels, distributors, and in-room hotel service, including whole bean, instant, recyclable pods, syrups, and flavoured powders. It serves the Minor Hotel Group across Anantara, NH, and Oaks brands.
• Black Bag Roasters Contract Roasting Service Black Bag Roasters is a custom contract roasting service for retailers, foodservice groups, and global franchises including ALDI Australia and The Coffee Club, delivering specialty-grade coffee at scale across all formats from whole beans to ready-to-drink cans.
• BlendCo Hospitality Supply BlendCo delivers tailored coffee, tea, and equipment solutions to 500+ hospitality venues across Australia from 4 roasting locations in 3 states, providing whole bean, instant, compostable pods, syrups, flavoured powders, and machinery maintenance to cafes, restaurants, bars, and event spaces.

Quantifiable outcome

• 800,000 cups poured per week at 700 cafes nationwide
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ALDI AustraliacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLongstanding private label partnership with Black Bag Roasters delivering award-winning coffee. ALDI Lazzio has won 8 Golden Bean awards and 5-year winning streak of Golden Bean World Series Trophies. Partnership spans multiple SKUs and retail locations across Australia.
• The Coffee ClubcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBlack Bag Roasters provides end-to-end private label solutions for The Coffee Club, roasting over 150 tonnes annually across 4 custom SKUs. Supports 400+ stores globally including sites in New Zealand, Thailand, UAE, and beyond.
• San ChurrominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrivate label coffee partnership with San Churro cafes. San Churro achieved Silver and Bronze medals at Golden Bean Awards through Black Bag Roasters roasting.
• Market KitchenminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorContract roasting partnership with Market Kitchen. Achieved 4 Bronze medals at Golden Bean Awards.
• Cafe ImportscoreOthersGreen bean supplier for specialty coffee sourcing. Part of ethical sourcing network and B Corp Coffee Coalition founding member collaboration.
• Raw MaterialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlight Coffee's proprietary sourcing network creating fairer, more stable incomes for coffee producers. Enables direct relationships with origin farmers and sustainable pricing.
• Minor Hotel GroupcoreOthersSourced Coffee provides in-room service options across Minor Hotel Group brands including Anantara, NH, and Oaks. Hotels within the group use Sourced Coffee with 7 in-room service options.
• B Corp Coffee CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNomad Coffee Group is a Founding Member of the B Corp Coffee Coalition, pooling knowledge and resources with other B Corps across the coffee sector. Focus areas include livelihoods along the supply chain and workforce attraction/retention in the coffee industry.
• Sucafina Australia Pty Ltd (MTC Group)minorOthersCoffee trading and supply company listed as a supplier partner in Nomad Coffee Group's supplier code of conduct.
• Condesa Co-LabminorOthersCoffee supplier listed in Nomad Coffee Group's main list of suppliers.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ST. ALi Coffee Roasters: Melbourne-headquartered specialty roaster with roastery-cafe venues, B2B wholesale to cafes, and DTC ecommerce — directly comparable in business model, product mix, and channel footprint to Veneziano/BlendCo.
• Campos Coffee: Sydney-based specialty coffee roaster operating flagship cafes, B2B wholesale, and retail/online DTC — comparable product portfolio, customer base, and multi-channel model to Nomad's specialty brands.
• Single O: Australian specialty coffee roaster with B2B wholesale, ecommerce, and retail — directly comparable specialty roaster positioning and channel mix to Flight Coffee and Coffee Hit.
• Code Black Coffee: Melbourne-based specialty roaster with cafes and wholesale — comparable scale, customer base (Australian cafes and hospitality), and DTC ecommerce model to the Nomad specialty brands.
• Ona Coffee: Canberra-originated specialty roaster with flagship roastery-cafes, B2B wholesale across Australia, and international distribution — comparable operational model to Veneziano/Flight Coffee.
• Padre Coffee: Melbourne specialty coffee roaster with cafes, B2B wholesale to Australian venues, and DTC — directly comparable specialty roaster and channel mix to Veneziano and BlendCo.
• Seven Seeds: Melbourne specialty roaster with roastery-cafes and wholesale — comparable specialty positioning, customer base, and multi-channel GTM to the Nomad specialty brands.
• Market Lane Coffee: Melbourne-based specialty roaster with cafes and DTC — comparable specialty positioning, product mix, and cafe-led channel strategy to smaller Nomad specialty brands.

Broad incumbents

• Lavazza: Global Italian coffee manufacturer with broad retail, foodservice, and contract/private label offerings — comparable coffee manufacturing scale and private label/contract roasting capability to Black Bag Roasters, but at much larger scale and broader portfolio.
• JDE Peet's: Global coffee and tea conglomerate (Douwe Egberts, Peet's, L'OR, Moccona) with large-scale manufacturing, retail, and foodservice distribution — relevant comparable on manufacturing scale and supermarket channel positioning versus Nomad's FMCG lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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