Hall of Fame Beverages Lands Largest Wholesale Grocery Distributor in U.S.
August 09 2011 - 8:30AM
Marketwired
Hall of Fame Beverages, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HFBG) C&S Wholesale
Grocers, Inc., the nation's largest wholesale grocery distributor,
has partnered with Hall of Fame Beverages to deliver Grand Ma Ma's
Sweet Southern Tea. The two partners will get right to work
distributing Hall of Fame's featured brand tea to grocery stores,
over several states and into New York City.
Jessica Gutierrez, CEO of Hall of Fame Beverages, said, "We are
elated to work with such a reputable distributor, and hope everyone
can see we're setting up an impressive network of distributors.
We're ready to announce immediately the first of the grocery stores
that C&S will distribute to upon receiving the go-ahead to make
the announcement from the retailer, but we will not damage
relationships in order to rush information."
Larry Johnson the former NBA star who played in New York City
with the Knicks, is co-owner of Hall of Fame Beverages and the face
behind Grand Ma Ma's Sweet Southern Tea. "I have waited a long time
to bring my tea to New York City and it's finally going to happen
with C&S. This is a partnership we're really excited to
have."
C&S Wholesale Grocers was named the tenth largest privately
held company by Forbes Magazine in 2010 with almost $20 billion in
revenues. The company out of Keene, New Hampshire, serves about
3,900 stores from 50 distribution centers in 11 states.
Hall of Fame Beverages completed its second production run at
Tampa Bay CoPack in Dade City, Florida, last Friday. There were
more than 80 pallets of tea produced, each pallet containing 1,020
bottles of tea. The company produced both the regular and sugar
free.
Gutierrez said, "It was a smaller run than the company's initial
production of the tea, but my goal is to be more responsible with
production. We'll make sure most of each run of tea is already
placed, of course, leaving some for sales and reorders. We are
already planning our third run of the bottles and have another run
of Bag in a Box product being planned as well."
About Hall of Fame Beverages
Hall of Fame Beverages Inc. is an innovative beverage company
trying to grow its footprint in an industry rife with ordinary
drinks. We are home to our signature brand Grand Ma Ma's Sweet
Southern Tea. The tea is complemented nicely by our signature
desserts, also branded under the Grand Ma Ma icon, Grand Ma Ma's
Gourmet Southern Desserts. Hall of Fame Beverages is co-owned by
former NBA star Larry Johnson who famously dressed up as his
basketball playing Grand Ma Ma in Converse shoe commercials in the
1990s.
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