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Item 3. Legal Proceedings

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were named as a defendant in a putative class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District

of Illinois on or about December 21, 2020.

The plaintiffs, Eileen Brodsky and Rhonda Diamond, purporting to represent a class

of individuals who purchased coffee products at one of our supermarket customers, generally allege that such

client sold private label coffee products manufactured by us and one of our partners, which falsely described the number

of cups of coffee that could be made from the amount of product purchased.

These parties are also named as defendants in

The complaint asserts a variety of claims under New York and California consumer protection laws, and seeks unspecified

monetary damages, including disgorgement and restitution, as well as other forms of relief including class certification, declaratory

and injunctive relief, attorneys’

fees, and interest.

We believe the allegations in the complaint are wholly without merit

and that the claims asserted are legally deficient, and the company intends to vigorously defend the action.

As of the filing

of this Form 10-K, we have not been served with the complaint.

Therefore, we are unable to predict the ultimate outcome of this

significant customer of ours was named as a defendant in a putative class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court

for the District of Massachusetts on or about February 2, 2021, concerning the labeling on private label coffee productions we

sold to the customer.

The plaintiff, David Cohen, purporting to represent a class of individuals who purchased coffee products

from our customer, generally allege that the customer sold private label coffee products manufactured by us which falsely described

the number of cups of coffee that could be made from the amount of product purchased.

We are not named as a defendant in the action,

but we have agreed to indemnify the customer for the costs and expenses incurred in defending the lawsuit and for any liability

the customer may suffer as a result.

The complaint asserts a variety of claims under Massachusetts consumer protection laws, and

seeks unspecified monetary damages as well as other forms of relief including class certification, declaratory and injunctive

relief, attorneys’

fees, and interest.

We believe the allegations in the complaint are wholly without merit and that the

claims asserted are legally deficient, and we intend to vigorously support the customer in defending the action.

As of the filing

of this Form 10-K, we are unable to predict the ultimate outcome of this lawsuit.

were named as a defendant in a putative class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

(the “Court”) on or about December 21, 2020.

The plaintiffs, Eileen Brodsky and Rhonda Diamond, purporting to represent a

class of individuals who purchased coffee products at one of our supermarket customers, generally allege that such client sold private

label coffee products manufactured by us and one of our partners, which falsely described the number of cups of coffee that could be

made from the amount of product purchased.

These parties are also named as defendants in the action.

The complaint asserts a variety

of claims under New York and California consumer protection laws, and seeks unspecified monetary damages, including disgorgement and

restitution, as well as other forms of relief including class certification, declaratory and injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees,

and interest.

We believe the allegations in the complaint are wholly without merit and that the claims asserted are legally deficient,

and the company intends to vigorously defend the action.

On September 28, 2021, the Court entered an order granting our motion to dismiss

with prejudice (the “Dismissal Order”).

In the Dismissal Order, the Court stated that no reasonable coffee drinker would

be deceived by our packaging.

We are currently awaiting a ruling on the plantiff’s appeal.

significant customer of ours was named as a defendant in a putative class action lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for

the District of Massachusetts on or about February 2, 2021, concerning the labeling on private label coffee productions we sold to the

The plaintiff, David Cohen, purporting to represent a class of individuals who purchased coffee products from our customer,

generally allege that the customer sold private label coffee products manufactured by us which falsely described the number of cups of

coffee that could be made from the amount of product purchased.

We are not named as a defendant in the action, but we have agreed to

indemnify the customer for the costs and expenses incurred in defending the lawsuit and for any liability the customer may suffer as

The complaint asserts a variety of claims under Massachusetts consumer protection laws, and seeks unspecified monetary damages

as well as other forms of relief including class certification, declaratory and injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees, and interest.

We believe the allegations in the complaint are wholly without merit and that the claims asserted are legally deficient, and we intend

to vigorously support the customer in defending the action.

As of the filing of this Form 10-K, we are unable to predict the ultimate

outcome of this lawsuit.

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