AVBC - Aqua Vie Hydrators(TM) ... Find Them First in Northern California At Raley's and Savemart Stores KETCHUM, Idaho, Jun 4, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: AVBC) announced today that retail availability of the company's all-natural Hydrator(TM) water beverages is set to expand during the month of June in northern California through the Raley's and Savemart supermarket chains. In-store demonstrations and retail advertising will commence during the month of July. Thomas Gillespie, Aqua Vie's president and chief executive officer, indicated that in addition to Raley's and Savemart in northern California, the company continues to expect retail availability to expand throughout the western region during the month of June and for the remainder of the summer. "Aqua Vie Hydrators(TM) continue to experience a high level of consumer acceptance in our initial region of large-scale distribution, and especially in the highly competitive California market. We intend to capitalize on a hot summer to increase consumer awareness and demand through regional advertising and in-store promotions," said Gillespie. Founded in 1935 as "The Nation's First Drive-In Market," Raley's is a northern California and Nevada grocery chain operating the Raley's Supermarkets and Drug Centers, Bel-Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods, and the Food Source warehouse stores. Savemart operates over 100 grocery stores in northern California under the Savemart, S-Mart and Food Maxx banners. Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation develops and markets all-natural, lightly flavored, still (non-carbonated) bottled spring water. The company's low- calorie alternative beverages are bacteria-free and contain no preservatives. Aqua Vie produces and markets the Hydrator(TM) line of beverages in the United States and Europe. This beverage line, comprised of seven low-calorie, all- natural beverages that are lightly flavored and packaged in half-liter bottles, is designed to increase one's personal consumption of water, naturally. The underlying technology also serves as the delivery system for Aqua Vie's new line of children's Hydrators(TM), PurePlay(TM), and Eau Vin(TM), Aqua Vie's line of nonalcoholic wine and champagnes made from spring water. For further information about Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation, visit the company's web site at www.aquavie.com. NOTE: Statements contained in this news release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the safe harbor clause of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The company makes these statements based on information available to it as of the date of this news release and it assumes no responsibility to update or revise such forward- looking statements. Editors and investors are cautioned that such forward- looking statements invoke risk and uncertainties that may cause the company's actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, demand for the company's product both domestically and abroad, the company's ability to continue to develop its market, general economic conditions, and other factors that may be more fully described in the company's literature and any periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT - Click Here tbutton.prnewswire.com SOURCE Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation CONTACT: Thomas Gillespie, President, Chief Executive Officer of Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation, 208-622-7792; or Madeleine Franco o Jordan Richard Assoc., 801-268-8610, ir@jordanrichard.com, for Aqua Vie Beve age Corporation URL: aquavie.com |