Company Provides Update on Convenience Store Channel for AquaBall Naturally Flavored Water

IRVINE, CA—True Drinks, Inc. (OTC PINK: TRUU), makers of AquaBall™ Naturally Flavored Water, the healthiest children's beverage on the market with no sugar, preservatives, calories, or artificial flavors, provides an update on the development of its distribution in the convenience store channel.

The company was also featured in a recent article /blog entitled "Healthy" Stocks To Watch In 2017.

Jan. 10, 2017

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Next month, PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) will be launching LIFEWTR, a premium bottled water product that is part of the company's "Performance with Purpose" initiative launched back in October. The move is a smart one as for the first-time sales of bottled water is expected to surpass soda.

The trend is good for the entire industry, especially independent companies that are focused on the "better-for-you" category that more and more consumers are seeking, opening up investors eyes to "healthy" growth stocks.

Just this week, Diabetes Daily blogger Sysy Morales posted a review of True Drinks' (OTC: OTCPK:TRUU) AquaBall, an all-natural, sugar-free water aimed at kids. Morales writes that her 7-year old twins "don't drink juice much because juice has too much sugar and luckily for me they think fizzy drinks burn their tongue so they don't drink soda." She goes on to write that the kids loved the flavor of AquaBall, which announced Monday that a newly formulated preservative-free bottle has been authorized in some 7000 convenience store locations across the U.S. With annual sales of packaged beverage in convenience stores over $34 billion in 2015, True Drinks as currently the only zero sugar beverage for kids we found on the market can be something to watch in 2017.

Full article link: http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/488009-david-kugelman/4948872-healthy-stocks-watch-2017

              

Company news continued:

In June 2016, True Drinks introduced a new preservative-free formulation of AquaBall. Along with the change to a preservative-free formula which came with a change to a hot-fill bottling process, the AquaBall bottle was also changed. The new bottle was designed around feedback from both consumers and retailers. For our consumers, the new bottle now fits easily into cup holders, is easier for children to handle, and has a wider mouth and cap. For our retailers, our new bottle now fits into standard glide racks which has opened AquaBall up to the convenience store channel. With our prior bottle, AquaBall had very limited appeal in this channel. Since the introduction of the new bottle, AquaBall has now been authorized in over 7,000 convenience store locations with more to come in 2017.

 

According to NACS Online, as of December 31, 2015, there were a total of 154,195 convenience stores with 63.1% (97,359) of these stores being single-store operators. Total sales of packaged beverages in these stores were over $34 billion in 2015.

 

Jeff Culbertson, Executive Vice President of Sales of True Drinks, commented, "We are very pleased with our early progress in the convenience store channel. To date, we have secured placement in over 7,000 convenience store locations, and we look to dramatically increase this figure throughout 2017. We feel that we can take a significant percentage of kids' beverage sales as our distribution of AquaBall increases, not just with large national and regional chains, but also with single-store operators serviced by our extensive DSD Network."

 

Kevin Sherman, CEO of True Drinks, added, "The convenience channel is paying more attention than ever to the healthy consumer on the go. That very consumer is not only looking for healthier options for themselves, but for their children, as well. AquaBall provides parents a smart and quick means of hydration on the go. We are confident that we will take significant market share away from juice and other sugary beverages marketed to children in the convenience channel."

 

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About True Drinks, Inc.

 

True Drinks is a healthy beverage provider with licensing agreements with Disney and Marvel for use of their characters on its proprietary, patented bottles. AquaBall™ is a naturally flavored, vitamin-enhanced, zero- calorie, dye-free, sugar-free alternative to juice and soda. AquaBall™ is currently available in four flavors: orange, grape, fruit punch and berry. Their target consumers: kids, young adults, and their guardians, are attracted to the product by the entertainment and media characters on the bottle and continue to consume the beverage because of its healthy benefits and great taste. For more information, please visit www.aquaballdrink.comand www.truedrinks.com. Investor information can be found at www.truedrinks.com/investor-relations/. Proudly made in the USA.

 

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Contact Information:

Contact:

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True Drinks, Inc.

18662 MacArthur Blvd., Ste. 110

Irvine, CA 92612

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