Apple Rush Engages Hardy Bottling Company to Provide Products for Southeastern and Southwestern USA
October 27 2009 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
DOLTON, Ill., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple Rush Co.,
Inc. (Pink Sheets: APRU), has announced that the Company has
entered into an arrangement with the Hardy Bottling Company in
Memphis, TN to produce its Apple Rush cans for sales east of the
Rockies and covering both the Southwestern and Southeastern region
of the US. Hardy Bottling (http://www.hardybottling.com/) is a full
line, state of the art contract packer that can produce a variety
of beverages, in several formats and packages. The plant's high
volume bottle and can production lines, as well as it being a
certified organic and kosher approved facility, gives Apple Rush a
strong and reliable producer in this region. Apple Rush envisions a
significant advantage in developing its relationship with the Hardy
Bottling Company. Hardy's strategic location for distribution will
benefit the company as its sales grow. Memphis is home to one of
the largest inter-model hubs in the US, which can be utilized for
significant freight savings. The Hardy facility offers a variety of
contract packing option for Apple Rush, which gives it the ability
to start with Cans and eventually move into producing its glass
bottles. The plant offers a wide variety of can packaging
capabilities form 4 packs, 6 packs, 8 packs, 12 can fridge packs
and 24 pack cans in a variety of delivery containers. Apple Rush
sees the development of this relationship as another key factor in
the building process that will allow it to position itself for
growth. "Hardy Bottling will play a key role in the future growth
of Apple Rush. They provide all that we could ever envision in a
contract facility; organic & kosher certified and the ability
to produce our products in both cans and bottles. They have the
line capacity to handle significant growth and a strategic
logistical advantage for our business as we moved into the future.
We are extremely pleased to continue to develop our relation ship
with Hardy. This move to utilize Hardy, will help us in securing
new and larger customers, where volume and supply are an issue.
Larger production runs also reduce the cost to produce our products
keeping us competitive," stated Robert Corr, President of Apple
Rush Co., Inc. About Apple Rush Co., Inc.: Apple Rush Company, Inc.
is a producer of Organic 100% Juice Sparkling Beverages. The
company markets its products through an extensive distribution
network nearly 40 Distributors throughout the U.S. and in foreign
markets. The Company's flagship product line of Organic Apple
Rush(TM) Sparkling Beverages currently has six mainstream flavors
in glass bottles. Three top selling flavors will also be available
in cans in October 2009. Ongoing information is available at
http://www.applerush.com/. Safe Harbor: The Company relies upon the
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forward-looking statements. The company, through its management,
makes forward-looking public statements concerning its expected
future operations, performance and other developments. Such
forward-looking statements are necessarily estimates reflecting the
company's best judgment based upon current information and involve
a number of risks and uncertainties, and there can be no assurance
that other factors will not affect the accuracy of such
forward-looking statements. It is impossible to identify all such
factors. Factors which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those estimated by the company include, but are not
limited to, government regulation; managing and maintaining growth;
the effect of adverse publicity; litigation; competition; and other
factors which may be identified from time to time in the company's
public announcements. DATASOURCE: Apple Rush Co., Inc. CONTACT:
Investor Relations of Apple Rush Co., Inc., +1-407-389-5900 Web
Site: http://www.applerush.com/ http://www.hardybottling.com/
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