Grounds & Hounds Has a New Family: A Letter from Andy Oakes

That’s me on the left with my sons, Ethan and Jared, and our dogs Easton, Finn, and Hue.

I wanted you to hear this from me: Grounds & Hounds is joining my family-owned company, Fresh Roasted Coffee.

We’d love to introduce you to the new team. I started Fresh Roasted Coffee out of my garage in 2009, and I run it today with my two sons in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. With a team of more than 100, we source, roast, pack, and ship every batch of coffee ourselves, and we’re bringing that experience to Grounds & Hounds.

The mission continues.

Grounds & Hounds is keeping its name and its mission. We’ll continue to give a portion of all profits to dog rescue.

We’re also bringing back the Rescue Roast. Starting on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 1, and running through the end of the month, 100% of the blend’s proceeds will go to our December partner. We’ll announce them soon.

A homecoming

For Grounds & Hounds, this is a homecoming. Its founder, Jordan Karcher, grew up in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He adopted Molly, a brown-and-white Dalmatian, in 2012, and two years later he started Grounds & Hounds in Los Angeles on a simple belief: great coffee can fuel a greater purpose. Molly still appears on nearly every bag.

That belief has gone a long way. To date, Grounds & Hounds has supported 375 rescue organizations and helped provide 4.2 million meals to shelter dogs. Every bag you bought was part of that.

The coffee itself is also getting fresher. The core blends will now be roasted here in Sunbury at our own facilities, with in-house fulfillment and dedicated quality control.

I want to see Grounds & Hounds continue to grow, continue to reach more people and continue to save more rescue animals. I want to keep the mission moving forward and make it a real national brand that’s touching shelters across the country.

Join me live on Wednesday, Nov. 18

Katie from the Grounds & Hounds team and I will be on Instagram at 11 a.m. ET to answer your questions about what’s next. Follow along at @groundsandhounds for our rescue visits and to meet our December Rescue Roast partner, announced soon.

Thank you for sticking with Grounds & Hounds. If you have any questions, email us at info@groundsandhoundscoffee.com.

Warmly,

Andy Oakes
CEO, Grounds & Hounds Coffee Co.
CEO, Fresh Roasted Coffee

P.S. The full press release is on our press page.