DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - Mar 7, 2013) - Barfresh Food Group, Inc. (
"RestaurantLink was established in 1995 and is well-respected in the industry. They specialize in working with regional chains and independent accounts and can quickly help broaden distribution of products such as ours," said Riccardo Delle Coste, CEO of Barfresh. "Their 20 sales professionals in addition to our own internal sales force will be instrumental in helping us achieve our planned growth as we roll out Barfresh Smoothies in the US this year. By the end of the year, we expect the RestaurantLink sales representation for Barfresh products to grow to a team of 35 individuals. As a result, we believe Barfresh can achieve our revenue targets for this year and beyond." RestaurantLink is already promoting and making Barfresh smoothie products available to their clients and reports that the response has been very positive.
Richard King, President of RestaurantLink, said: "We are very excited to offer Barfresh Smoothies to our clients. The response and feedback we are getting from the Barfresh products is extremely strong. Foodservice operators are looking for ways in which to participate in the growth of the blended beverage segment of the industry and we are very pleased to be able to offer Barfresh to them."
RestaurantLink is a national procurement and support company for foodservice operators. In the beverage category they currently provide their clients with Pepsi Cola, Dr Pepper, and CO2 equipment along with several coffee, tea and juice products.
Barfresh is also conducting several major trials of its smoothies at unnamed QSR chains and at a major casino operation. These trials are expected to result in rollouts at additional stores at these chains in the second half of this year and 2014.
About Barfresh Food Group, Inc.
Barfresh Food Group, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of ready to blend beverages and utilizes contract manufacturing facilities to complete the manufacturing of its "sealed pack of ingredients for an individual smoothie."
The Company sells ready to blend all natural beverages primarily to restaurant chains in the fast food and fast casual dining sector. In the future it intends to target other segments of the food service industry as well as the retail consumer market, including grocery stores and other retail outlets.
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