Bravo! Foods' Looney Tunes Brand Flavored Milk Chosen as One of the Best New Dairy Products.Business Editors N. PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2001 Bravo! Foods Corp., a subsidiary of China Premium Food Corp. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :CHPF CHPF Carolina Horse Park Foundation ), announced today that its recently debuted Looney Tunes(TM) 2% flavored milk has been chosen by Dairy Field Magazine for its "Winner's Circle" as one of the best new product rollouts in 2000. The "Winner's Circle" spotlights dairy products that best exemplify last year's outstanding products and development trends. These Looney Tunes(TM) brand flavored milks are produced under a co-operative arrangement among Bravo! Foods, Quality Chekd(TM) Dairies and its members. "After literally decades of selling primarily white milk in gallon jugs, processors are setting out to improve milk's marketability through the use of new and innovative packaging, unique flavors and ambitious ad campaigns. Flavored milks, in particular, are helping to boost the thriving single-serve segment," said Dairy Field. According to the article, "...the solution for drawing attention to its (Bravo! Foods) branded products came in the form of a wisecracking rabbit, a little yellow songbird songbird Any oscine passerine (suborder Passere), all of which have a complex vocal organ, the syrinx. Some species (e.g., thrushes) produce melodious songs; others (e.g., crows) have a harsh voice; and some do little or no singing. See also birdsong. and a growling Tasmanian devil Tasmanian devil, extremely voracious marsupial, or pouched mammal, of the dasyure family, now found only on the island of Tasmania. The Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisi, formerly found also in Australia, is about 2 ft (60 cm) long, excluding the 12-in. ." The article further states that "the recently unveiled Looney Tunes(TM) line of 2% milk products features a colorful cartoon character on each package and offers consumers such unique flavors as Banana, Orange Cream and Vanilla Shake, in addition to standards like Chocolate and Strawberry. Characters like the Looney Tunes(TM) gang appeal primarily to children, a particularly important group for the milk industry to attract early in order to keep them for life." Mr. John J. McCormack, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bravo! Foods, commented, "We are quite pleased to have this endorsement of the innovativeness of our products. Dairy Field Magazine is a respected trade publication which services the dairy industry in the United States. We have always felt that the Looney Tunes(TM) brand was unique, but to have one of the top industry publications choose us as one of the best is quite rewarding and, we feel, a validation of our product development and our `national milk brand' business model." Other 2000 product winners in Dairy Field Magazine's February issue include Philadelphia Single Size Cream Cheese, Breyers Ice Cream Parlor Ice cream parlors are places that sell ice cream and frozen yogurt to consumers. Ice cream is normally sold in two varieties in these stores: soft-serve ice cream (normally with just chocolate, vanilla, and "twist", a mix of the two), and hard-packed, which has an assortment of , Breyers All Natural Calcium Rich Ice Cream, Yoplait Expresse, Sargento Shredded Natural Cheese in Hefty Slide-Rite Bags, Sorrento Stuffsters and Precious Stuffsters, Fat Free Yogurt Fortified fortified (fôrt adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient. with Soy Protein, Old Home Foods 4% Milkfat Cottage Cheese, Stonyfield Farm All Natural Blends Yogurt, Dean's Dips for One, 2Twisted!, and NesQuik. "Recognition from industry associates is the highest form of flattery and we are truly honored by Dairy Field's selection of Looney Tunes(TM) branded milk as one of the best new dairy products in 2000. Special mention and thanks to our outstanding partners, Quality Chekd(TM) and its `bluechip' network of premier dairies and Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Consumer Products, for helping to make this award possible," said Tony Guiliano, President and COO of Bravo! Foods. China Premium's U.S.-based subsidiary, Bravo! Foods, Inc., continues to promote and distribute key branded products in the U.S. and to form strategic relationships with local U.S. producers and manufacturers. Bravo! Foods introduced Looney Tunes(TM) branded, flavored milk through an agreement with Quality Chekd(TM) and several of its member dairies. Looney Tunes(TM) branded, flavored milks currently are being sold in eleven states in the U.S. Bravo! expects the brand to be available nationally by the end of 2001. China Premium also is marketing and selling Looney Tunes(TM) branded flavored milks in China. China Premium recently secured an expansion of its license from Warner Bros. Consumer Products to distribute Looney Tunes(TM) branded food products throughout mainland China. China Premium's established infrastructure in China includes its subsidiary, a trading company in the Wai Gao Qiao Free Trade Zone in Shanghai. China Premium also is importing to China private-labeled snack crackers manufactured by Lance, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :LNCE LNCE Linear Near Certainty Error ), which are branded with the Looney Tunes(TM) brand and characters. For more information, visit www.chinapremiumfood.com. Looney Tunes, characters, names and all related indicia Signs; indications. Circumstances that point to the existence of a given fact as probable, but not certain. For example, indicia of partnership are any circumstances which would induce the belief that a given person was in reality, though not technically, a member of a given are trademarks of Warner Bros.(c)2001. Safe Harbor under the Private Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. 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