History of Our Company

Mr. Alan Ridge		Mr. Alfred Newman and Mr. Ernest Breminer

Complete Coffee Limited can look back on more than 88 successful years trading as coffee merchants and dealers. Originally founded as Alan J.Ridge & Co. Ltd in 1929, the Company has evolved in response to the changing needs of the International Coffee Market.

Key dates in our development

1929 Alan Ridge founded Alan J. Ridge & Co. Ltd. in London.

1938 Ernest Breminer arrived from Prague and continued working as a coffee agent in London after setting up Ernest A Breminer Ltd.

1940 Ernest Breminer acquired Alan J. Ridge & Co. Ltd. The two companies traded side by side until 1988.

1947 Alan J. Ridge & Co. Ltd appointed UK Agents for Federacion Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia (FNC).

1974 Alan J. Ridge & Co. Ltd became an Authorised Floor Member of the Coffee Terminal Market Association of London.

1986 The 'Priory' Tea & Coffee Company Ltd. originally established in 1898, was brought into the group.

1988 Alan J. Ridge & Co Ltd and Ernest A. Breminer Ltd. formally merged
to become one entity: Alan J. Ridge & Breminer Ltd.

1999 Celebrated 80 years of service to the coffee industry.

2001 Complete Coffee Limited formed 2^nd April with two trading divisions, Ridge & Breminer and Priory Tea & Coffee.

2007 Complete Coffee celebrated the 80^th Anniversary of FNC and 60 years of service to the Colombian coffee industry in the UK.