Louisiana Food Company Inks National Product Distribution Agreement
Company Management Expects Accelerated Revenue Growth Through 2012
Press Release Source: Louisiana Food Co. On Thursday August 18, 2011, 9:10 am
BATON ROUGE, LA--(Marketwire -08/18/11)- Louisiana Food Company (OTC.BB: LUSI.OB - News), a purveyor of "Certified" Louisiana specialty food products, today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Tampa, Florida-based AMT Sales & Marketing and Austin, Texas-based Consumer Product Management, established food product managers in the specialty and natural food products industry. LUSI's agreement with AMT/CPM has a September 1, 2011, start date, with LUSI's popular Jammin' Jambalaya and Voodoo Roast coffee products being the first placed by AMT/CPM.
"By gaining access to the nation-wide AMT/CPM distribution channels at this early stage, we believe we have significantly accelerated all of our revenue growth time frames and, almost as importantly, our product awareness impact," said David Loflin, LUSI's President. "We have great confidence in AMT/CPM and look forward to working with them," Mr. Loflin added.
AMT's President, Tom Miller, commented, "The Louisiana Food Company products combine quality with distinctive packaging and we are proud to be able to take these products to our distribution channels and believe they will be very successful."
About AMT and CPM
AMT Sales & Marketing (www.amtsalesandmarketing.com) is a natural/specialty foods consulting and product management company serving all of the company's sales and product management needs using cost efficient and effective sales strategies. AMT/CPM have broker partners located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Washington State, Texas, and Utah. AMT/CPM provides its product management services for the following brands, among others: Carolina Gold, Ernie's Epic Foods, Irel Coffee, Spicy Nothings, Tiesta Tea and Virginia Peanut Company.
Consumer Product Management (www.consumerproductmanagement.com) has established, over its thirty years of operations, networks of food brokers across several channels of distribution. These networks include gourmet/specialty for smaller specialty stores, specialty for supermarket distributors, direct warehouse distribution, club and membership stores and larger mass merchandisers.
Capturing South Louisiana:
From the outset, LUSI's management has believed that the rich and diverse cultural heritage of South Louisiana would provide a natural source of inspiration for its product labels. As works of art, LUSI's product labels capture the movement and energy that is South Louisiana -- they are "eye-grabbers," and retailer and consumer response to the labels has been extremely positive.
About Louisiana Food Company:
LUSI is devoted to locating, developing and commercializing food-related business opportunities in the State of Louisiana. Currently, LUSI has established three lines of "Certified" Louisiana specialty food products: PACKAGED DRY PRODUCTS (marketed under LUSI's "Louisiana Food Company" brand name), (2) SAUCE PRODUCTS (to be marketed under LUSI's "The Quarter's" brand name) and (3) COFFEE PRODUCTS (marketed under LUSI's "Voodoo Roast" brand name). LUSI's specialty food products are sold through distributors, directly to retail grocery stores, directly to other retailers and directly to consumers through its online store: www.louisianafoodcompany.com.
Contact:
Eddie Cruz
Acer Communications, Inc.
949-390-0111
