Anyone read the shareholder update? very grim. No ice-cream. Company broke. No dividend. Dtc chill put back on.... Fail
Greetings everyone.
It is April 8, 2015, just a day shy of what will be the sixth year of steady growth of Bebida Beverage Company in its current form. Over these years there have been moments of disappointments and excitement, there have been many tough decisions and great ideas. Running any company is tough business but operating a public company is tougher! Much like building a brand of anything is tough, but building a brand and a whole industry is tougher!
So many of you know me by now and become more than shareholders, you have become my extended family, sometimes a little too much like my family!
As you have sat buy watching our progress as well as our stock move up and unfortunately down you wonder and some panic where and when does it end? To you all I say this, it doesn't end it just changes. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Red Bull and Monster every single day for 2, 5, 15, 20, 50 and 100 years adjust grow and adjust again – no different than us but at a bigger scale.
Our mission is nowhere near a mission accomplished phase, until we have national distribution of KOMA Unwind and every consumer has retail access, I will not stop.
At some recent meetings I was privy to conversations about beverage companies and their funding,
One company had 40 plus million cash over 2 years with a brand I never heard of nor have seen. One had 15 million to start their journey. Another recapped the Vitamin Water funding about 75 million in 7 years. Looking at this in perspective of our resources and accomplishments makes me wonder a few things... One: What ever did they do with all that money? And Two: Oh what I could do with that money to build our brand!
We have been building not just our brand, but our category of beverages for years with a fraction of this type of funding. With that said, I recognize better than anyone the pains and commitment our shareholders have endured as I am Investor No. 1 the day I took the reins of this company and along the way.
If you have doubts about our growth and position, Google our competitors: Marley’s Mellow Mood, Neuro, Just Chill, Drank or any others you find, then Google KOMA Unwind. There is virtually is no comparison of accomplishments.
Here are some of the answers to projects that are in progress.
Our investment in Relaxation Solutions and the Cheech and Chong Ice Cream and drinks has been stalled for a while, as additional investors we had in line changed direction on us. I feel comfortable that the drinks will come to market over the next few months and that meetings I have this month will attract the investment to go to production on the Ice Cream products. BBDA initial investment got us right to the point of production, but I cannot invest more BBDA capital, while the needs of our products are upon us for growth. I do not doubt for a second the Cheech and Chong products will have unbelievable success, but like everything else it has to be paid for.
The new KOMA Unwind website is well underway and coming along, we will probably launch the new site May 1, it will be fun and functional. Directly after it is done we will begin developing a new BeBevCo website as well.
The project with SDS Home beverage system will take strides in quarter-two this year as SDS has stepped up their production capabilities and in the position they wanted to achieve prior to expanding the refills and flavors.
Several months back we set everything up to do a forward stock split offering shares dividends to our shareholders. Unfortunately, we also had announced that we had finally had our Chill removed from our stock that has burdened us for years. Only a week or so later the DTCC had re-installed the chill and set our dividend project on hold. Our Attorneys are back on the chill and hopefully there is a path to be chill free again.
In closing BBDA, Bebida Beverage Company and all we are here. We are solidly a leader in the Relaxation category!
There is little to no doubt this category will continue to gain popularity and growth as we have found nobody is exempt from stress, anxiety or poor sleep. It is our job to continue reaching both the distribution partners like Pepsi, Coca-Cola and all the others we have partnered with all while spending every moment and dollar we can reaching consumers telling them about KOMA Unwind and all it offers them.
There is also no doubt in 2015 we will make major strides landing bigger and bigger partnerships, which will allow us to do all the things we aspire to do to make Bebida Beverage Company the best long term investment on the open market.
We all here at Bebida Beverage Company thank you for your continued support and investment in our mission. "Every Day in Business matters!” Just like every penny invested also matters!
Please visit our Facebook pages to see the stories about the lives we are changing it’s very inspiring!
