SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New Leaf Brands announced that New Leaf Tea is now available in all locations of Sheetz across six states including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina.
"Having been in the beverage industry for over fifteen years, I have watched the innovation of Sheetz with making their stores a One Stop Shop," said Ty Harris, Regional Manager for New Leaf. "They like being the first to market with good products and are not afraid to try new concepts. People can always find something new and exciting at Sheetz, and now it is great to see our product in all of their stores."
About Sheetz:
Sheetz is a family owned convenience store chain based in Altoona, Pennsylvania that was founded over 50 years ago. Sheetz now has 344 locations across six states including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina and more than 11,000 employees. Sheetz offers kicked-up convenience while being more than just a convenience store, with offerings such as the world's first "Convenience Restaurant" that makes made-to-order food using only the highest quality ingredients. For more information, please visit www.sheetz.com.
About New Leaf Brands:
Founded by Eric Skae in 2004 in Orangeburg, New York, New Leaf Brands was created with the vision of providing healthy beverages for consumers that are great-tasting and made only with high quality ingredients. New Leaf Tea was the company's first product that was born out of that vision and now is available to consumers in 14 unique flavors and in over 8,000 outlets including restaurants, delis, pizzerias and other retail establishments. For more information, please visit www.newleafbrands.com.
New Leaf Brands is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baywood International, Inc. (OTCBB:BAYW) ("Company").
About Baywood:
Baywood International, Inc. (OTCBB:BAYW) ("Baywood") develops, markets and sells nutraceutical and nutritionally enhanced products and new age beverages under its own brands. Baywood merges its expertise in nutritional formulation with its leverage in sales and distribution to deliver the most effective and progressive products to market. Currently, Baywood's products are sold under the LifeTime(r) nutraceutical brand and the New Leaf(r) tea brand.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, made in reliance upon Section 21D of the Exchange Act of 1934, which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results, performance, or expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. The Company's expectations, among other things, are dependent upon general economic conditions, continued demand for its products, the availability of raw materials, retention of its key management and operating personnel, its ability to operate its subsidiary companies effectively, need for and availability of additional capital as well as other uncontrollable or unknown factors which are more fully disclosed in the Company's Form 10-KSBs and 10-QSBs on file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.