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Brand News: Bottled Water

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Fred – Fred will now hang with a party – or package – of six 600ml bottles nestled in a recycled container, printed with soy-based ink. Additionally, Fred is now available in a 400 ml flask size. Current distribution is rolling with Fred now.

Hydrate2O – Created with a patent-pending technology, Hydrate2O, according to its manufacturer, transforms purified water into a live, energized form that is absorbed into the bloodstream more quickly and enables true hydration at a deep-cell level. Hydrate2O also includes electrolytes and minerals to spur increased stamina and faster recovery times. Having already been adopted by a growing number of professional athletes, Hydrate2O is also officially endorsed by a broad array of outdoor sports personalities. Hydrate2O is currently distributed in the Pacific Northwest and California.

Isbre – Isbre has garnered new, expanded distribution and retail placement in the New York/New Jersey area. Oak Beverages and Boening Brothers and Spirit & Sanzone are now distributing Isbre in 35 New York counties and Marz Beverages in New Jersey. Isbre has been introduced into 60 Shop- Rite supermarkets in the greater NY metro area.

Aquamantra – In December of 2007 Aquamantra, launched in Albertsons Southwest Premium Specialty Water section and has been sold in Whole Foods’ Southwest Region for over a year. This year the company is looking to expand exponentially to bring “Love, Luck and Health” to consumers nationally.

Fiji – As of January 1, 2008, Fiji is not merely the best-tasting water, it is also the most environmentally friendly choice. Together with Conservation International, the company is helping to save Fiji’s largest lowland rainforest, the Sovi Basin, in perpetuity. Fiji Water is also reducing CO2 emissions across its products’ entire lifecycle, from raw materials production, to the eventual recycling of Fiji bottles and every process in between. Fiji Water will also be working with Conservation International to develop land conservation and renewable energy projects that offset the company’s remaining carbon footprint by 120%, making Fiji Water not just carbon-negative, but positively green.”

Aquavybe – Aquavybe is a bottled water that is vapor-distilled and structured with a high level of alkalinity to balance against acidic lives. Aquavybe contains 72 bio-available trace minerals. It is available through select health food stores, health care practicioners and personal trainers nationwide.

Give Water – Give water offers consumers the choice of supporting one of three charitable causes with each bottle they buy -- and 10 cents for each bottle sold is donated to the chosen cause. The blue bottle, Give Life, benefits children in need; the pink bottle, Give Hope, benefits breast cancer research; and the green bottle, Give Love, benefits the environment. Give was recently slotted into the Mid-Atlantic Region of Whole Foods Market.

National Beverage – La Croix Spring and Sparkling Water is now the official beverage sponsor of the 3Day Event benefitting the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The three-day event is set to occur in 14 cities between September and November of 2008. The approximately 3,000 participants per city will raise a minimum of $2,200 each and live in a make-shift tent city as they walk for 60 miles over the course of three days in the given city. La Croix’s Hydration Station is the favorite tent where participants enjoy foot massages and sample rehydrate. La Croix is bringing the road event to retailers by offering an in-store “Drink and Think Pink” program which is a traveling breast cancer training and education center with various educational tools just short of a mammogram. Komen trained demonstrators will hand out free early detection CDs, literature and have training tools such as trivia and prosthetics on site.

Function Drinks – Function launched Function Water late in the summer of 2007 in Whole Foods Markets in the Midwest. In the fall of 2007 Manhattan Beer in New York picked the product up and launched us into the Eastern Region. It is also carried throughout the country through UNfiand other distribution houses such as Spike Beverage in Arizona, Kristen Distributing in Texas, Bill Distributing in Alaska, and Supreme Beverage in Alabama. The current bottle is a 750 ml PET but the company is launching a 1 Liter as well.

Maddie’s Beverage Company – Wateroos, an allnatural children’s water-filled drink box, continues to gain distribution, adding Shaw's, Hannaford and Kings Super Markets to the list of retailers that now stock Wateroos. Wateroos is the first commercially available water beverage packaged in a sustainable, recyclable drink box. To support the brand's continued growth, the company recently launched the Waterooli-Mom program where moms can request free Wateroos samples and coupons to share with their friends (and their friends’ children).

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