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AQUA VIE (Nasdaq: AVBC)

KETCHUM, Idaho, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: AVBC) announced today that shipments of the company's all-natural Hydrator(TM) line of beverages continues to Northern California and Arizona Albertson's stores.  Recent shipments will bring the total number of Albertson's stores stocking Aqua Vie to over 600 stores throughout northern and southern California, Nevada, and Arizona. Additionally, during the past week, Aqua Vie Hydrators were shipped to over 130 Raley's Supermarkets and Drug Centers, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Foods and Food Source warehouse stores throughout California, as well as 90 Save-Mart stores, with product availability  expected within the next ten days. "Throughout the past several weeks, the company has continued to receive authorizations for placement of product from key retail chains. We look forward to expanding our presence considerably in the western region during August and September," said Gillespie. 

Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation develops and markets all-natural, lightly flavored, still (non-carbonated) bottled spring water.  The company's low-calorie alternative beverages are bacteria-free and contain no preservatives. Aqua Vie produces and markets the Hydrator(TM) line of beverages in the United States and Europe.  This beverage line, comprised of seven low-calorie, all-natural beverages that are lightly flavored and packaged in half-liter bottles, is designed to increase one's personal consumption of water, naturally.  The underlying technology also serves as the delivery system for Aqua Vie's new line of children's Hydrators(TM), PurePlay(TM), and Eau Vin(TM), Aqua Vie's line of nonalcoholic wine and champagnes made from spring water. 

For further information about Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation, visit the company's web site at http://www.aquavie.com.

NOTE: Statements contained in this news release that are not strictly historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the safe harbor clause of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The company makes these statements based on information available to it as of the date of this news release and it assumes no responsibility to update or revise such forward-looking statements.  Editors and investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements invoke risk and uncertainties that may cause the company's actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements.  These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, demand for the company's product both domestically and abroad, the company's ability to continue to develop its market, general economic conditions, and other factors that may be more fully described in the company's literature and any periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

SOURCE: Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation 

Recent Price (01-07-30): $0.07      Avg. Closing Price (30 days): $0.11      60 Week High Volume (12-29-00): 2,317,600      60 Week Low Volume  (05-31-00): 13,500       Quarterly Revenues 01/31/01: $647,808      Market Cap (05-17-01) $6,602,299       Shares Outstanding: 47,159,285     Registered Shareholders: 10,000

Profiles

About Albertson's
Founded in 1939, Albertson's (NYSE: ABS) operates a chain of grocery stores in 37 states served by 22 distribution centers strategically located throughout its operating area in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah. 

About Aqua Vie
Aqua Vie Beverage Corporation develops and markets all-natural, lightly flavored, still (non-carbonated) bottled spring water. The company's low-calorie alternative beverages are bacteria-free and contain no preservatives. Aqua Vie produces and markets the Hydrator(TM) line of beverages in the United States and Europe. This beverage line, comprised of seven low-calorie, all-natural beverages that are lightly flavored and packaged in half-liter bottles, is designed to increase one's personal consumption of water, naturally. The underlying technology also serves as the delivery system for Aqua Vie's new line of children's Hydrators(TM), PurePlay(TM), and Eau Vin(TM), Aqua Vie's line of non-alcoholic wine and champagnes made from spring water. 
 
 
 

Contact Information

  Aqua Vie, Inc. 

  333 South Main Street 
  Ketchum, Idaho, 83340 
  Tel: 888-744-7500 
  Fax: 208-622-8829 
 

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements regarding financial matters in above referenced press release other than historical facts are ``forward-looking statements'' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The Company intends that such statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, anticipated events and all other forward-looking statements, be subject to the safe harbors created thereby.  Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from expected results. 

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