TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flow Beverage Corp. (TSX:FLOW; OTCQX:FLWBF) (“Flow” or the “Company”) today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Foodbuy Foodservice (“Foodbuy”), whereby Flow Alkaline Spring Water will become available to purchase in over 11,000 new points of distribution throughout the hospitality and leisure, foodservice and restaurant, gaming and casino, country club, healthcare and education sectors. This distribution agreement represents another strategic milestone in Flow’s growing foodservice business, which also includes recent contracts with Accor hospitality group and Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings Ltd.
Foodbuy Foodservice is a division of Foodbuy, LLC - the largest foodservice procurement and supply chain solutions organization in North America. Foodbuy offers procurement, distribution management, purchasing optimization, culinary solution consulting, eProcurement and audit services to a range of businesses, including hospitality, restaurants and hotels, care homes and education establishments.
Flow’s founder and CEO, Nicholas Reichenbach, said, “We are delighted to add Foodbuy as a distribution partner in food service, a very important sector which we believe will lead to significant growth for Flow. Sales in food service not only adds to our topline, but it promotes trial and is an enabler of growth in other segments such as retail and e-commerce. To this end, the Flow team has made tremendous progress building our food service distribution network with elite organizations such as Foodbuy. For Flow, this distribution agreement leverages Foodbuy’s large network of consumers in the United States that currently do not have access to Flow products and diversifies our distribution capabilities with an organization that shares our vision and values.”
About Foodbuy
Foodbuy Foodservice is a division of Foodbuy, LLC - the largest foodservice procurement and supply chain solutions organization in North America and the sole sourcing partner for its parent company, Compass Group North America. Foodbuy manages more than $26 billion in purchasing volume, giving them an industry-leading edge when negotiating contracts for Compass Group and Foodbuy Members.
About Flow
Flow is one of the fastest-growing premium water companies in North America. Founded in 2014, Flow’s mission since day one has been to reduce environmental impacts by providing sustainably sourced naturally alkaline spring water in a recyclable and up to 75% renewable, plant-based pack. Today, the brand is B-Corp Certified with a best-in-class score of 126.5, offering a diversified line of health and wellness-oriented beverage products: original naturally alkaline spring water, award-winning organic flavours, collagen-infused and vitamin-infused flavours in sizes ranging from 330-ml to 1-litre. All products contain naturally occurring electrolytes and essential minerals and support Flow’s overarching purpose to “bring wellness to the world through the positive power of water.” Flow beverage products are available online at flowhydration.com and are sold at over 36,000 stores across North America.
For more information on Flow, please visit Flow’s investor relations site at: investors.flowhydration.com.
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