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The availability of CWENCH Hydration at 54 MacEwen-owned Esso , Shell , MacEwen and Quickie gas stations is a direct result of the recently announced distribution agreement between Cizzle Brands Corporation and Keurig Dr Pepper Canada subsidiary Van Houtte Coffee Services ("VHCS"), which distributes to over 30,000 commercial sites across Canada. This agreement with VHCS has already yielded meaningful results in helping to commercialize CWENCH Hydrationâ„¢.
Cizzle Brands Corporation (Cboe Canada: CZZL) (OTC: CZZLF) (Frankfurt: 8YF) ( the "Company" or "Cizzle Brands") is pleased to announce that the Blue Raspberry and Rainbow ready-to-drink ("RTD") flavours of its flagship brand CWENCH Hydrationâ„¢ are now being carried in 54 Esso , Shell , MacEwen , and Quickie gas stations in Ontario and Quebec that are owned and operated by MacEwen Petroleum .
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CWENCH Hydration ready-to-drink flavours seen in a fridge at a MacEwen-owned gas station. The availability of CWENCH Hydration at MacEwen is an example of one of the many benefits of Cizzle Brands' relationship with Van Houtte Coffee Services. (Photo: Business Wire)
This chain placement of CWENCH Hydrationâ„¢ products was secured by Van Houtte Coffee Services ("VHCS"), which is a subsidiary of Keurig Canada Inc., doing business as Keurig Dr Pepper Canada. In a press release dated January 29, 2025 , Cizzle Brands announced its distribution agreement with VHCS, in which VHCS would distribute the Company's product lines across Canada and take over distributorship for certain existing Cizzle Brands accounts in categories including sporting goods retailers and stadiums.
Cizzle Brands highlights the following aspects of the MacEwen placement, with respect to the foreseeable business value that can be generated through the Company's relationship with VHCS:
- Within just the first few weeks of distributing for Cizzle Brands, VHCS has already landed a full-chain placement with an operator of 54 retail locations in two provinces under major banners that include Esso and Shell;
- This placement has also brought CWENCH Hydrationâ„¢ into the gas/convenience channel, a retail category in which single-serving beverages are often purchased routinely by consumers;
- VHCS services over 30,000 commercial sites in total, meaning that there is tremendous untapped potential for CWENCH Hydrationâ„¢ and potentially other Cizzle Brands products to be placed within a portfolio of tens of thousands of points of sale/consumption across Canada; and
- With established and highly efficient infrastructure for warehousing, distribution, and last-mile delivery, VHCS provides the ability to instantly scale CWENCH Hydrationâ„¢'s Canadian footprint in a way that preserves Cizzle Brands' margins without the cost burden of creating or maintaining a logistics network.
Cizzle Brands Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, John Celenza commented, "Working with VHCS was a transformational step for Cizzle Brands, as it enables us to commercialize CWENCH Hydrationâ„¢ at a mass scale in a short amount of time. Making the product available to consumers in convenient locations is a key part of driving brand adoption in the beverage category, and this partnership with VHCS gives us the ability to accelerate that availability at a scale that is not normally possible for newer brands on the market. More specifically, major beverage distributors such as Keurig Dr Pepper do not normally take on brands that have only recently launched. Following the market debut of CWENCH Hydrationâ„¢ in May of 2024, we have steadily built grassroots-level demand, and we believe that VHCS will be an important catalyst for this natural next step in our growth journey. CWENCH Hydrationâ„¢ has only been placed in a small percentage of VHCS' accounts so far, and just a couple of weeks into the relationship, this truly is just the beginning."
About Cizzle Brands Corporation
Cizzle Brands Corporation is elevating the game in health and wellness. Through extensive collaboration and testing with leading athletes and trainers across several elite sports, Cizzle Brands has launched two leading product lines in the sports nutrition category: (i) CWENCH Hydration, a better-for-you sports drink that is now carried in over 1,200 stores in Canada, the United States, and Europe; and (ii) Spoken Nutrition, a premium brand of athlete-grade nutraceuticals that carry the prestigious NSF Certified for Sport® qualification. All Cizzle Brands products are designed to help people achieve their best in both competitive sports and in living a healthy, vibrant, active lifestyle.
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On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company,
"John Celenza"
John Celenza, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer
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