2019-07-18 08:00 ET - News Release
OTTAWA, ON, July 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tetra Natural Heath, a subsidiary of Tetra Bio-Pharma (TSX VENTURE: TBP) (OTCQB: TBPMF), is pleased to announce that one of the largest food and convenience store chains in North America has committed to carry the Hemp Energy Drinkin over 600 stores, bringing the total number of new stores offering the product in the past two weeks to approximately 700 stores located in five provinces of Canada including: British-Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. Visit www.hempenergydrink.ca for store locations.
The beverages will be offered to consumers as of today in several stores with all stores in the five provinces receiving their supply within the next two weeks. The distribution commitment is for the three popular flavours of the Hemp Energy Drink – Classic, Mango and Raspberry.
"We are very pleased with this agreement because the demand for our Hemp Energy Drink has been extremely positive since the product launch," said Tetra Natural Health CEO Richard Gigure. "This new national rollout in five provinces will allow us to better serve our ever-growing consumer base and will add to the new stores that were announced in Quebec earlier this week”.
Tetra Natural Heath is an emerging player in the identification, development and marketing of hemp or cannabinoids-based products authorized for sale by Health Canada. The new Hemp Energy Drink (HED) contains more natural ingredients than other energy drinks, and is the first energy drink made with hemp available in the Canada.
"Securing a partnership with one of the largest chains of food and convenience stores in North America validates our HED’s quality and will improve our ability to quickly meet consumer demand," Gigure added.