Allegro Coffee leaving Boulder for Thornton

BOULDER – After a three-year search for manufacturing space in Boulder, Allegro Coffee Inc. has decided to move its operations to Thornton.

The organic coffee manufacturer, which has teeter-tottered on the relocation issue since it started looking for space in 1997, will leave Boulder County and take about 50 employees with it in September, says Wendy Goldner, Allegro Coffee’s senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Allegro, which will occupy space at 1500 E. 128th Ave. with its sister company, WholePeople.com, will double its space with the move, Goldner says. The company also expected to add about 80 people to its…