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Winning Brands Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WNBD) (FRANKFURT: WMU) www.WinningBrands.ca reports that U.S. retailers along the Canadian border are picking up interest in Winning Colours Stain Remover, the popular new eco-responsible solvent replacement. In the past week alone, four new Buffalo, New York area paint retailers have ordered opening inventory of the breakthrough stain removing product. They are Albion Ace Hardware in Albion, Schnitter's Paint in Buffalo, Aurora Paint Pot in East Aurora and Flint Bros Hardware in Newfane. Managers in an additional 7 Buffalo area stores have asked their store owners during the preceding week to approve the sale of Winning Colours Stain Remover as well -- with decisions pending. Unlike traditional solvents, Winning Colours Stain Remover is gentle to skin and converts oil-based stains into a simple clean-up with plain water. Beyond use for paint mess clean-ups, Winning Colours Stain Remover is gaining fans with its ease in removing wine stains, pet accidents, car detailing and other applications.

The growing interest by hardware stores in border regions reflects their perception that the Canadian stain removing phenomenon is increasingly likely to succeed with U.S. consumers through a combination of television advertising and the recent introduction of U.S. manufacturing. Winning Brands Snr. VP Lorne Kelly recently completed a circuit through Western New York State to see and support retailers' decision-making process first hand. Kelly says that the smaller independent stores should not be underestimated in their importance compared to listings with "the big guys" as Kelly puts it; "The primary benefit of having Winning Colours Stain Remover in 1,000 stores of a single chain, instead of 1,000 independently owned stores is the efficiency of advertising the retailer's location to the public on TV. If you say at the end of the commercial 'available at Store X' and everyone knows where that store is, it's easier. But 1,000 independent stores provide a business platform with less risk." Winning Brands CEO Eric Lehner is on record that a "mix" of retailer types is his objective, considering diversification to provide the company with two key benefits. "The first benefit of serving many types of accounts is exposure to a variety of organizational cultures with the associated opportunity to learn from their collective wisdom and to improve continuously. The second benefit of diversity is the ability to survive a change of priorities by any single retailer," states Lehner.

The store locator feature of Winning Brands' website provides store street addresses that are within a specified proximity of a consumer who inputs U.S. zip codes or Canadian postal codes. Winning Brands is designing a modification that will permit store totals by State or country in due course. Winning Brands recently licensed an upgraded version of the store locator software that can accommodate 5,000 listings to reflect the company's goal of attaining 5,000 stores in Canada and the USA. Lehner cautions "...it is vital to remain conservative. There are a hundred things that can go wrong at any point in time. Nothing in life is a sure thing, particularly not in business. But my experience in life has shown me that good luck is more likely to visit those who make themselves deserving through hard work, smart work and principled work." Lehner concludes by welcoming the new Buffalo retailers to the Winning Brands family with his favourite rhyming motto -- "If your customer buys paint, then they will benefit from having Winning Colours Stain Remover too. It's that simple because the statement is always true." Lehner and his team are on a relentless hunt for retailers who will give Winning Colours Stain Remover the chance to prove that message.

Winning Colours Stain Remover is manufactured by Winning Brands Corporation for consumer and commercial use as an eco-responsible alternative to traditional solvents. In addition to being sold through stores, the product is now available from on-line retailers to supply consumers wherever they live. Main production takes place at the Grand Rapids, Michigan facility of Surefil LLC with certain sizes still being manufactured at Winning Brands' St. Catharine's, Ontario facility. Winning Brands' full product range includes a variety of advanced cleaning solutions, such as its non-toxic SMART(TM) Wet Cleaning liquid alternative to Perchloroethylene used in Dry Cleaning, KIND(TM) Laundry Products and CLEAN1(TM) -- the first choice in outdoor cleaning. The company's mission is to replace hazardous chemicals in widespread use with safer alternatives. The initial focus is on cleaning products.

Certain statements in this news release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "future," "may," "will," "would," "should," "plan," "projected," "intend," and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Winning Brands Corporation (the Company) to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company's future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to the Company's ability to: (i) obtain sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its expansion plans; (ii) build the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to support the growth of its business; and (iii) competitive factors and developments beyond the Company's control. Winning Colors�, Winning Colours� is a Registered Trademark of Niagara Mist Marketing Ltd. KIND(TM) and CLEAN1(TM) are trademarks of Niagara Mist Marketing Ltd. SMART(TM) is a trademark of Solvent Free Solutions Inc.

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