Coffee firm has a starring role.

d A COFFEE company in Huddersfield is taking a bow - after winning a contract worth more than pounds 40,000 to supply West Yorkshire Playhouse with beverages and coffee-making equipment.

e In a bid to support Leeds in its status as a Fairtrade city, the theatre has selected a range of organic and ethical coffee, tea and hot chocolate from Bradley-based Coopers Coffee - making its hot beverage offering entirely Fairtrade.

e e Theatre-goers will be able to sample Coopers' most ethically "sound" coffee, the Triple Certified blend, which embodies Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance and Soil Association.

A range of nine premium Fairtrade teas has also been selected as well as a Fairtrade hot chocolate for those who prefer alternative hot beverages to coffee.

o The playhouse has also signed up to a range of coffee equipment from Coopers Coffee.

o David Williams, catering manager at the theatre, said: "It was important to us to become a committed Fairtrade organisation and Coopers Coffee offered us the opportunity to do this "The products they have supplied us with are not only ethically sourced, they are also great quality.

s. s s "They supply the best fair-trade teas and coffee's available, backed up by quality equipment and fantastic training.

"Now theatre-goers can have great performances with a great tasting coffee on the side."

d David Cooper, managing director at Cooper's Coffee, said: "We're thrilled to have won such a prestigious account and are proud to be able to offer the Playhouse high quality products with such highly regarded ethical credentials."

The contract follows the success of Cooper's Coffee in winning a pounds 40,000-plus deal to supply hot beverages and equipment to hotel wedding venue Waterton Park, near Wakefield.