SKINNY NUTRITIONAL CORP. (OTCBB:SKNY), the exclusive worldwide marketer and distributor of Skinny Water®, today announced the company has entered into an agreement with Shoppers Food & Pharmacy. Skinny Water will be available in all 63 Shoppers starting May 2009. In addition to nationwide authorization at Target, Skinny also has regional authorizations with ACME Markets, Giant Food Supermarkets, Shaw’s and others. The total number of chain-authorized stores now is over 2,200.
“With a new administration in the White House we are doing our part to trim the bottom line by providing a Zero Calorie, Zero Sugar, Zero Sodium Skinny Water to the people of Washington D.C.,” says Ron Wilson, CEO of Skinny Nutritional Corp. “Skinny Water is a great choice for millions of healthy consumers who want Great Taste and nutrients without the calories or guilt.”
The Skinny Water lineup features six great tasting flavors, including Acai Grape Blueberry (Hi-Energy), Raspberry Pomegranate (Crave Control), Orange Cranberry Tangerine (Wake Up), Goji Fruit Punch (Shape), Lemonade Passionfruit (Total-V), and Peach Mango Mandarin (XXX-Detox). Every bottle of Skinny Water has calcium, potassium, and EGCG and has zero calories, sugar, sodium, no preservatives, and all natural colors and flavors.
About Skinny Nutritional Corp.
Headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., Skinny Nutritional Corp. is the exclusive worldwide distributor of Skinny Water®, a zero-calorie, zero-sugar, zero-sodium and zero-preservative enhanced water. Skinny Water comes in six great tasting flavors that include Acai Grape Blueberry, Goji Fruit Punch, Peach Mango Mandarin, Raspberry Pomegranate, Orange Cranberry Tangerine and Lemonade Passionfruit. Skinny Nutritional Corp. also expects to launch additional branded products, including Skinny Tea®, and other Skinny branded beverages. For more information, visit www.SkinnyWater.com.
About Shoppers
Shoppers, which began in 1949 as Jumbo Food Stores, was acquired by SUPERVALU in 1999 as part of its purchase of Richfood Holdings, Inc. SHOPPERS® Food & Pharmacy offers consumers in Baltimore, northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. a full-service supermarket with the finest quality and largest variety of fresh produce, USDA Choice beef, family pack meats, fresh seafood and steamed shrimp, as well as hot foods, full-service pharmacies and in-store full-service banks.
With 63 stores in its banner, Shoppers targets the price-conscious consumers offering over 30,000 everyday low prices and a commitment to save up to 15 percent every day with no card needed.
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Skinny Nutritional Corp.
Don McDonald, CFO
610-784-2000
ext. 103
don@skinnyco.com