SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New Leaf Brands, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baywood International, Inc. (OTCBB:BAYW) ("Company"), announced that it has expanded the distribution of New Leaf Tea into the Midwest including Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. New Leaf Tea is now being sold through Columbus Distributing Beverages, Ltd. in Columbus, OH, Tri-State Juice Co. in Cincinnati/Dayton, OH, Kentucky Eagle Beer, Inc. in Lexington, KY and Pure Beverage, Inc. in Indianapolis, IN. Through these distributors, New Leaf can be purchased in over 700 additional independent stores and other outlets, including 230 in Columbus, 200 in Dayton, 120 in Lexington and 150 in Indianapolis.
"We are very pleased to add these four distributors to our family," stated Tim Brown, Vice-President of Sales Midwest for New Leaf. "They are all very strong in the non-alcoholic segment in their respective cities and are currently opening independent stores with chain activity to follow shortly."
David Dyson, General Manager at Columbus Distributing Beverages stated, "In three words -- Taste, Packaging and Buy-appeal. New Leaf's bright, contemporary packaging really makes a great shelf presentation and makes it easier to gain full shelf distribution -- but the true power of the brand is in the liquid. When we first approached our retailers, we heard the same old 'No space...Too many new products...I already have too many teas' until we opened a cold bottle and had them taste New Leaf. More often than not, their next words were, 'Bring in ten cases.'"
About New Leaf:
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.
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.