David Mendez, President of WB Law Coffee Co, shares his strategy for leading a global team through challenges of the past year and the importance of mentorship. Listen here:  https://members.nsls.org/sites/default/files/audio/dm-mm-complete-process.mp3

W.B. Law Coffee acquired Hackettstown-based Classic Gourmet Coffee. The 111-year-old Newark coffee maker, which changed hands from father David M. Mendez to son David W. Mendez in January, was in talks with Classic Gourmet before the pandemic hit. “[Classic Gourmet] is a great solid company with great customers. We’ve been working on it for close to a year. When all of this happened, we [decided to] wait a couple of months and then realized with the timing and size of the company, it just made sense to merge their customers with ours,” President David W. Mendez said. Mendez is in talks with at least one other company for potential acquisition, also stemming from pre-pandemic. David Mendez Jr., sales director, W.B....

With everything seemingly in chaos, Law Coffee needed TD Bank now more than ever David W. Mendez, TD Bank small business customer and owner of Law Coffee, was expecting 2020 to be his year. He just married the love of his life and in January, purchased the Newark, New Jersey coffee company from his mother and father, keeping the business in the family since its inception 111 years ago by his great grandfather, Walter Law. David’s lifelong professional dream to purchase the business his father had been running since the late 70’s had just been realized; his life was perfect. Then COVID-19 hit and everything changed. Amid government-mandated shutdowns, David’s business took a huge hit. For a business with a...

You’re opening a café, restaurant, banquet hall, or even a fast casual concept. Coffee in these Roaring Twenties is major category, a category that needs an expert to help you navigate all these modernizations in equipment. An expert in the coffee industry can’t just be born by reading a book, or sitting at a cupping table. An expert in the coffee industry is made by experiences, positive and negative through the seed to cup process.  Mitigate your coffee program risks by listening to experts, because there are many variables to walk through when choosing the right coffee equipment for a restauranteur/retailer.  My opinions are not beyond reproach, but the following are a few common scenarios I’ve encountered that may help...

A new look coming soon to retailers! We have overhauled our branding, giving the trace-ability for our coffees and a modern cafe design. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

In our 109th year in business, we are proud to announce CEO David M. Mendez has promoted our Vice President David W. Mendez to President. David is the Great Grandson of our founder Walter Law, and has been Sales Director for the past 14 years. David is a graduate of the @University of Delaware – Lerner College of Business and Economics. He is currently on the board of the NJ Restaurant & Hospitality Association (NJRHA), the Alumni Board of the Lerner Business School and past President of the Metro Restaurant Experts. He is looking forward to continuing the company’s outstanding coffee, cold brew and equipment programs to pace the ever-evolving coffee industry!