Bravo! Foods Announces Increased Production and Launch of Operation Milk Attack
27 Juillet 2006 - 3:02PM
PR Newswire (US)
NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bravo!
Foods International Corp. (OTC:BRVO) (BULLETIN BOARD: BRVO) , a
brand development and marketing company that manufactures, promotes
and distributes vitamin-fortified, flavored milk drinks and other
beverages, announced today that the Jasper production facility has
now reached monthly production of 7.5 million bottles, or 90
million bottle annual capacity, for Bravo!'s flavored milk
products. This increased production level will satisfy the agreed
upon supply obligation of Bravo! to Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
(CCE), under Bravo!'s Master Distribution Agreement with CCE.
Jasper Products, L.L.C. of Joplin, Missouri, one of only three
dairy processors in the United States that has approval of the
United States Food and Drug Administration to produce aseptic shelf
stable milk in bottles. Bravo! has contracted with Jasper, which
has produced its flavored milks, including Slammers(R), since 2001,
for the production of Bravo!'s products through September 2010. The
increase in monthly production capacity from 2.5 million bottles at
the beginning of the year to 7.5 million currently, coincided with
Bravo!'s launch of Operation Milk Attack at the CCE sales centers.
Operation Milk Attack commenced in late June and is a nationwide
comprehensive sell-in program aimed at educating, motivating and
building brand awareness of the Slammer's product to the CCE
salesforce. Roy Warren, Bravo!'s Chief Executive Officer commented,
"We are extremely pleased that monthly production at Jasper has
been significantly increased and on time to coincide with our hard
launch of the Slammer's milk product to the CCE sales force." Added
Mr. Warren, "With annually production running at 90 million
bottles, we are able to satisfy our supply obligations under the
CCE Master Distribution Agreement and move closer to our long-term
production goals." About Bravo! Foods International Bravo! Foods
International Corp. develops, brands, markets, distributes and
sells nutritious, flavored milk products throughout the 50 United
States, Great Britain and various Middle Eastern countries.
Bravo!'s products are available in the United States and
internationally through production agreements with regional aseptic
milk processors and are currently sold under the brand names
Slammers(R) and Bravo!(TM). Bravo!'s Slammers(R) products are
available nationwide in popular chains such as: 7-Eleven, A&P,
Dutch Farms, Giant Food Stores, Jewel, Kings , Pathmark, Safeway,
Sam's Club, Shaw's, ShopRite, Speedway, SuperTarget, Unified,
Waldbaums and Walgreens. Many of Bravo! Foods' Slammers(R) lines of
shelf-stable, single-serve milk drinks are co-branded through
exclusive partnerships with Masterfoods, a division of Mars
Incorporated. On November 1, 2005, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.
began distribution of the Slammers(R) Masterfoods line, as well as
the Bravo!'s Slim Slammers(R) and Pro Slammers(TM) products, under
a Master Distribution Agreement with Bravo! For more information,
visit: http://www.bravobrands.com/ . Company Contact Jeffrey J.
Kaplan, Chief Financial Officer (561) 625 1411 Investor Relations
Contact: Integrated Corporate Relations Kathleen Heaney (203)
803-3585 DATASOURCE: Bravo! Foods International Corp. CONTACT:
Jeffrey J. Kaplan, Chief Financial Officer, Bravo! Foods
International Corp. +1-561-625-1411; or Investor Relations Contact:
Kathleen Heaney of Integrated Corporate Relations, +1-203-803-3585
Web site: http://www.bravobrands.com/
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