Beverage Pouch Group Announces ShotPak Now Available in 1000 Stores
… Also Available In England For
Summer
IRVINE, Calif. (Business Wire EON) April 17, 2008 --
ShotPak, Inc. (Pink Sheets:SHTP) today announces at the monthly meeting
of interested shareholders, Charles Murray, Chairman/CEO of the Beverage
Pouch Group was extremely upbeat as he stated, “More
than half of 2007 sales were made in the fourth quarter. We have also
maintained that same pace in the first quarter, but with a much broader
retail store base. Now ShotPak products are available at over 400 stores
in Southern California, 50 stores in Arizona and after tomorrow will be
about 600 stores in Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee and Kentucky. This is the
first 1,000 of our 2,500 stores that are planned for 2008. We also sold
our second export container for the English market.”
Mark Nightingale, Managing Director of Chilling Rocks Beverages Ltd., a
BPG licensee, commented, “The response to the
first order has been overwhelming. The English consumers just love the
cocktails in the earth friendly pouch. The price to value ratio favors
the consumer and we see an excellent future for the ShotPak products.”
Information on ShotPak, Inc.:
ShotPak, Inc., an Irvine California based company, since 2003, is a
leading innovator of cocktails and straight spirits in Beverage Pouch
Group’s patented soft portable single serving
standup pouches. With over 50 years of combined experience and expertise
in alcohol distilling, distribution and field marketing, retail
placement and promotion as well as consumer trial and adoption, ShotPak,
Inc. and Beverage Pouch Group prove to be a forerunner in the single
serve Ready to Drink (RTD) alcohol category. With the successful launch
of four premium vodka flavored drinks and four premium distilled spirits
in January 2007, ShotPak has instantaneously captured national attention
in the rapidly emerging $110 billion plus alcohol beverage industry,
with distilled spirits showing an 8.1% increase. ShotPak, Inc. and
Beverage Pouch Group are recognized for being visionaries with their
award-winning spirits and revolutionary packaging which gives consumers
a cost effective way to purchase spirits without the bulky bottle. For
more information about ShotPak, Inc. please visit us at: www.shotpakinc.com.
Information on Beverage Pouch Group:
Beverage Pouch Group a Sarasota, Florida based company, since 1996, is
the leading provider of StandUp pouch machinery through its
parent Company PPi Technologies Global, in North America. BPG is
a prolific innovator of pouch designs and structures for life style
beverages, including Natural Flavor Waters, all types of cocktails and
straight spirits, wines and draft beers in patented soft portable single
serve and sustainable StandUp pouches. The Beverage Pouch Group is truly
global with plants in Germany, Korea and China. BPG’s
pouch machinery is the industry standard.
Beverage Pouch Group offers a full range of Lifestyle Beverages to the
consumer in sustainable StandUp pouches. The Beverage Pouch Group
machines and StandUp pouches are marketed through four divisions:
ShotPaQ for liquors; BevPaQ for natural flavor waters,
teas, coffees and energy drinks; VinoPaQ for wines; and BeerPaQ
for draft beers.
BevShot is BPG’s contract packing
division. A customer brings their proprietary recipe and BPG’s
BevShot division then utilizes their machinery and process’
to fill that product into patented pouches. This arrangement saves a
small company precious capital at times when resources are needed to
grow their business by allowing them to meet the financial requirements
to begin production without the cost of purchasing their own equipment.
Safe Harbor: Except for the historical information contained
herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including the
description of the Company and its product offerings, are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor"
provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that
may cause actual results to differ materially, including the historical
volatility and low trading volume of our stock, the risk and
uncertainties inherent in the early stages of growth companies, the
Company's need to raise substantial additional capital to proceed with
its business, risks associated with competitors, and other risks. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The Company
disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.
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