Bravo! Foods, Tabatchnick Fine Foods team up

19/07/05 The United States, Bravo! Foods International Corp., a brand development and marketing company that manufactures, promotes and distributes vitamin- fortified, flavored milks, announced today that Tabatchnick Fine Foods, Inc. will introduce the latest version of Bravo!'s popular Slammers® fortified milk drinks at the upcoming School Nutrition Association Annual National Conference. The nutritious product will be introduced into public school hot lunch programs nationwide through government Commodity Food Programs, including USDA exchange programs, state and federal commodity rebate programs, and state and federal fee-for-service programs.

Tabatchnick Fine Foods, a well-known quality re-seller with more than 100 years' experience in the food industry, has established relationships with public school systems nationwide and has been selling high-quality and nutritious food products through government Commodity Food Programs to public school lunch programs for more than eight years. Under a written agreement with Bravo!, Tabatchnick will distribute Bravo!'s Slammers® through a co- packaging agreement with Farmland Dairy of New Jersey.

Tabatchnick is introducing Bravo!'s specially packaged Slammers® at the School Nutrition Association Annual National Conference, July 17-20, 2005 in Baltimore, Maryland. This version of Bravo!'s popular Slammers® 100% milk drinks will be packaged in a Tetra Pak, an 8 oz. shelf stable box and meets USDA nutritional guidelines for school systems nationwide.

Bravo!'s most popular Slammers® 100% milk drinks will be available for government school hot lunch programs in seven different formulations and five flavors, including lactose free and low fat white milk lines. Slammers® for schools are low fat, reduced sugar, and vitamin fortified and come in Chocolate, Strawberry, Vanilla, Orange Creme, and Banana as well as white milk.

Bravo! Foods International Corp. develops, brands, markets, distributes and sells nutritious, flavored milk products throughout the 50 states, Mexico and nine Middle East countries. Bravo!'s products are available in the United States and internationally through production agreements with regional milk processors. Bravo!'s popular milk drinks currently are available under the brand name Slammers®, and can be purchased in retail outlets throughout the country and in some international markets.

Bravo! Foods' Slammers® are now available at more than 30,000 stores nationwide, including such popular chains as: 7-Eleven, A&P, Associated Grocers, BI LO, Brunos, C/S Metro, Dutch Farms, Giant Food Stores, Jewel, Mars, Pathmark, Piggly Wiggly, Ralph's, Safeway, Sam's Club, Shaw's, Shop Rite, Speedway, SuperTarget, Unified, Waldbaums, Walgreens and White Rose.

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