LeGrand Coffee House Now Available at Rutgers Football Home Games
LeGrand Coffee House Will Be Available this Thursday at the Rutgers Football Spring Game
LeGrand Coffee House continues its rapid expansion this week, today announcing its first stadium deal after just four months of operation. Starting on Thursday at the Rutgers Football Spring Game and leading into the fall season, LeGrand Coffee House will be available at all home football games at SHI Stadium.
“Rutgers University continues to show me what F.A.M.I.L.Y. truly means,” said Eric LeGrand, founder and CEO of LeGrand Coffee House. “To be able to bring together LeGrand Coffee House and Rutgers Athletics is amazing, and I can never express how thankful I am. I'm very excited for our Rutgers family to be able to enjoy A Daily Cup of bELieve at SHI Stadium. Keep Choppin.”
Rutgers Football will host its annual Scarlet-White Game this Thursday at SHI Stadium, kicking off at 7 p.m. and airing live on the Big Ten Network. LeGrand will be in the booth to broadcast the game alongside Rutgers play-by-play announcer Chris Carlin, and LeGrand Coffee House will be available in the stadium via two branded kiosks at the corners of the student section. In addition to fresh cups of coffee being offered, all spectators in attendance will also be able to purchase bags of coffee onsite that they can take home to enjoy.
Thursday kicks off a relationship between LeGrand Coffee House, Rutgers Football and SHI Stadium that will extend into the fall college football season and beyond.
Scheduled to open in late summer or early fall of 2021, the first-ever brick-and-mortar location of LeGrand Coffee House will be part of a new development at 10 Green Street in Woodbridge, N.J. Being developed by Prism Capital Partners, Avenue & Green is located next to the Woodbridge Train Station at the corner of Rahway Avenue and Green Street. The five-acre redevelopment will be a mixed-use facility that consists of 232 residential apartments and 12,000 square feet of retail space.
In October 2010, LeGrand sustained a spinal cord injury at his C3 and C4 vertebrae while playing football for Rutgers University. Since that life-altering incident occurred, he has become a worldwide source of inspiration whose message of positivity has influenced a countless number of people throughout the world. Additionally, LeGrand has developed an incredible business and professional acumen, becoming an established entrepreneur, motivational speaker, sports analyst, philanthropist and author.
On the charitable side, his philanthropic organization Team LeGrand has raised more than two million dollars for the Reeve Foundation. Additionally, the Rutgers graduate was recognized by Sports Illustrated with its 2011 Best Moment Award, and he was also presented with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the 2012 ESPY Awards. Further, he was inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame in 2017, receiving the Warrior Award.
The LeGrand Coffee House online shop is currently open and features a custom mug and three different types of coffee – Costa Rica, Guatemala and Sumatra. Also make sure to join our email list and follow us on social media!