Clearly Canadian Concludes Distribution Arrangements with Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company of Southern California, Inc.Business Editors VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2003 Company Significantly Improves Distribution in Southwest Markets Clearly Canadian This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Beverage Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :CCBC CCBC Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland) CCBC Community College of Beaver County (Monaca, Pennsylvania) CCBC Caerphilly County Borough Council (Wales, UK) )(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :CLV (Constant Linear Velocity) Rotating a disk at varying speeds. By changing speed depending on which track is being accessed, the density of bits in each track can be made uniform. ) today announced that it has entered into distribution arrangements with Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company A bottling company is a commercial enterprise whose output is the bottling of beverages for distribution. Many bottling companies are franchisees of corporations such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo who distribute the beverage in a specific geographic region. of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , Inc. ("Seven-Up/RC"). Beginning April 1, 2003, Seven-Up/RC will distribute the Clearly Canadian sparkling flavoured water line-up to all points of distribution in its Southern California, Southern Nevada and New Mexico markets. "This is a major step towards our goal to improve the overall availability of Clearly Canadian sparkling flavoured water in the Southwest U.S. markets. We expect that joining forces with Seven-Up/RC's strong portfolio of brands will provide brand Clearly Canadian with significant upside in these key beverage markets," said Douglas Mason, President and 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 Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation. "We also anticipate that Seven-Up/RC can provide far greater marketing and promotional focus for our brand and extend distribution of Clearly Canadian into channels where it has not been previously or as widely available," said Mason. "We are extremely excited about our relationship with Clearly Canadian and the opportunity to focus on their award winning beverages in our markets. The addition of Clearly Canadian beverages complements our portfolio. We look forward to working closely with Clearly Canadian on exciting brand marketing initiatives they have planned for 2003 and beyond," said Jim Turner, CEO, Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Bottling Group, Inc. Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company of Southern California, Inc. is a subsidiary of Dr Pepper/Seven Up Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Incorporated was a Plano-based soft-drink manufacturing company created by the merger of Dr Pepper, Incorporated and The Seven Up Company on May 19, 1986. Bottling Group, Inc. A leading bottler of soft drinks in the US with distribution in 21 States, Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Bottling Group, Inc. was formed in 1999 with the merger of American Bottling Company and Turner Beverage Group, owner of Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Texas, and Seven-Up/RC Bottling Company of Southern California, Inc. Its extensive soft drink portfolio represents about 16 percent of the U.S. carbonated soft drink market. Based in Vancouver, B.C., Clearly Canadian markets premium alternative beverages and products, including Clearly Canadian(R) sparkling flavored water, Clearly Canadian O+2(R) and Tre Limone(TM) which are distributed in the United States, Canada and various other countries. Clearly Canadian also holds the exclusive license to manufacture, distribute and sell certain Reebok Ree´bok` n. 1. (Zool.) The peele. beverage products in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Additional information on Clearly Canadian may be obtained on the world wide web at www.clearly.ca. Statements in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Words such as "expects", "intends", "anticipates", "likely", "believes" and words of similar import also identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and analyses, including the Company's analysis of its product distribution systems and its expectations regarding the effects of anticipated product distribution changes and the potential benefits of such efforts and activities on the Company's results of operations in future periods. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, general economic conditions, changing beverage consumption trends of consumers, the Company's ability to generate sufficient cash flows to support capital expansion plans and general operating activities, competition, pricing and availability of raw materials, the Company's ability to maintain the current and future retail listings for its beverage products and to maintain favorable supply, production and distribution arrangements, laws and regulations and changes thereto that may affect the way the Company's products are manufactured, distributed and sold and other factors beyond the reasonable control of the Company. Additional information on factors that may affect the business and financial results of the Company can be found in filings of the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and with the British Columbia and Ontario Securities Commissions. CLEARLY CANADIAN BEVERAGE CORPORATION Douglas L. Mason, President and C.E.O. CLEARLY CANADIAN BEVERAGE CORPORATION is the registered holder of various trademarks, including CLEARLY CANADIAN(R). CLEARLY CANADIAN BEVERAGE CORPORATION, and its wholly owned subsidiaries Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , produce, distribute and market CLEARLY CANADIAN(R), CANADIAN O+2(R), TRE LIMONE(TM) and certain Reebok beverage products. Reebok is the registered trademark of Reebok International Ltd. and its affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. . |
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