Inergetics Inc (fka NRTI)

[rocket rodney]

I guess the market spoke and most people believe that an exclusive distribution agreement means that an infusion by a large bottler is out for the functional beverage? I visited my local GNC today and had a good chat with the sales guy. There are 2,700 stores in the US, approx 1,000 in Canada, remainder are Intl. He was familiar with Windmill, and said typically new products go to A & B (high volume) stores first. Some stores are franchises and do choose which products are in the stores, but not many of the stores are franchises. Pepsi/Gatorade just launched a new functional beverage line at GNC, a 3 stage product line, pre-workout, during, & post workout system. It was a nice display and merchandised in the run or an endcap. Muscle Milk had 18+ sku's in powdered and functional beverage form in the store.

Not sure why Sadowsky is still at Inergetics? I came accross this piece of interesting news via google. If true, this is coincidental IMO: AB INBev discontinues their 180 brand energy drink as of a few weeks ago. The link is(http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/jog-blog/jog-blog/2010/04/michelob-ultra-picks-up-sponsorship-of-180-team). Can someone else check this out as well? Also, I read the Bio Med articles several times. If at the time there was a sliver of hope for Mirken to ink a deal, why even mention a bottler/ competitor to MM, too much to lose not enough to gain, IMO. Just say, contract with a world wide 3rd tier distributor that gets us access to XY&Z outlets, period, thats effective. If InBev really did drop their 180 energy drink then this is an interesting development. I looked at the InBev site about 5 weeks ago and saw the 180 branded energy drink on it, since then it has been removed, I just checked. Please confirm this.