VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 5, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBIX), North America's only fully integrated healthy branded beverage company, announces that Donna Louis, the Company's CFO, will depart in mid-November to pursue a different type of opportunity closer to her home.
Ms. Louis joined the Company in 1999 as Corporate Controller, rising to CFO some four years later. We wish her all the best in her new endeavor and thank her for her efforts and contributions over the past 11 years.
About Leading Brands, Inc.
Leading Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBIX) is North America's only fully integrated healthy beverage company. Leading Brands creates, designs, bottles, distributes and markets its own proprietary premium beverage brands such as TrueBlue® Blueberry Juice, LiteBlue® Blueberry Juice, PureBlue®, PureRed®, PureBlack® and PureWhite® SuperJuices, BabyBlue® childrens' superfruit blends and Caesar's® Cocktails via its unique Integrated Distribution System (IDS)™ which involves the Company finding the best and most cost-effective route to market. The Company strives to use the best natural ingredients hence its mantra: Better Ingredients – Better Brands.
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