Akin's Selected Top Retailer of the Year.Business Editors OMAHA Omaha, city, United States Omaha (ō`məhä, –hô), city (1990 pop. 335,795), seat of Douglas co., E Nebr., on the west bank of the Missouri River; inc. 1857. , Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2003 The Healthy Edge, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AMCON Distributing Company (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :DIT), announced today that its Tulsa, OK based retail natural food subsidiary d/b/a Akin's Natural Foods Market has been selected Retailer of the Year by Whole Foods magazine, a national trade publication. The selection was released in a cover story in the July issue of Whole Foods, a magazine that covers the natural foods industry. Akin's was founded in 1935 and operates a chain of six retail natural food stores selling vitamins, supplements, herbs, natural foods and organic produce. There are two stores in Tulsa, OK and one each in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm , OK; Springfield, MO; Topeka, KS and Lincoln, NE. Eric Hinkefent, President of Akin's, stated "We are proud and honored to be selected Retailer of the Year. Our sales approach is based on providing service to our customers and we will continue to focus our efforts on offering products and services that our customers demand." William F. Wright, Chairman of AMCON, indicated that "We are extremely pleased to see Akin's honored with this award. This is a great accomplishment for both Akin's and AMCON. Akin's joins Chamberlin's Natural Foods, AMCON's other chain of retail natural food stores located in and around Orlando, FL, as an award winning chain of natural food stores. In 1998 Chamberlin's was named Best Health Food Chain in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. by Health Food Business, a trade publication." AMCON is a leading wholesale distributor of consumer products with distribution centers in Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). , South Dakota South Dakota (dəkō`tə), state in the N central United States. It is bordered by North Dakota (N), Minnesota and Iowa (E), Nebraska (S), and Wyoming and Montana (W). and Wyoming. Chamberlin's Natural Foods, Inc. and Health Food Associates, Inc., both wholly-owned subsidiaries of The Healthy Edge, Inc., operate health and natural product retail stores in central Florida
Central Florida is the central region of the United States state of Florida, on the East Coast. (7), Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma (3). The retail stores operate under the names Chamberlin's Market & Cafe and Akin's Natural Foods Market. Hawaiian Natural Water Company, Inc., which was acquired in December of 2001, produces and sells natural spring water under the Hawaiian Springs label. The water is bottled at the source on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Beverage Group, Inc., another wholly-owned subsidiary of AMCON, markets and distributes Hawaiian Springs and other premium beverage products in the United States, Canada and Mexico. This news release may contain forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties and which reflect management's current beliefs and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. A number of factors could affect the future results of the Company and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. Moreover, past financial performance should not be considered a reliable indicator of future performance. Accordingly, we claim the protection of the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. for forward looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 with respect to all such forward looking statements. Visit AMCON Distributing Company's web site at: www.amcon-dist.com |
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