Better Bears Foods Announces New Distribution of its Products at 160 Save-On-Foods Locations

OAKVILLE, ON, Jan. 18, 2022 /CNW/ - Better Bears Foods Inc. (Private) ("Better Bears" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce the addition of 160 new points of retail presence for the rapidly growing plant based, low sugar, naturally sweetened Better Bears products.

The Company's new distribution of its products at 160 Save-On-Foods locations across Western Canada will be available for purchase at each Save-On-Foods store and online at www.saveonfoods.com beginning the week of January 31^st 2022.

The Company continues to accelerate retailer acceptance of its Better Bears Mixed Berry, Tropical Citrus and Variety Pack products cross Canada. This latest milestone pushes close to 500 retail locations across 7 provinces in Canada which represents a growth of 1,100% since July of 2021. The Company expects to see a growing number of retailers carrying the made in Canada, bursting with flavor alternative to high sugar candy. Better Bears is well on track to be merchandised in over 800 retail locations by March of 2022.  

Jeff O'Neill, President of the Company commented "As a core pillar of our omnichannel strategy to transform the confectionary category and evolve candy beyond sugar, retail execution and increased points presence is a critical cornerstone of our execution plan. We are becoming an established brand in Canada by building strategic relationships with national grocery banners and will continue to add more retail locations in both Canada and the USA in 2022. We are thrilled to see such overwhelming demand for our candy that you can feel great about, welcome to the new era of carefree snacking."

About Better Bears Foods Inc.
Better Bears is an emerging plant-based healthier for you snack brand and formulations company. Its mission is to use progressive food technology and ingredients to create low sugar healthier for you snack products that are as delicious as their conventional full sugar alternatives. To date, Better Bears have developed a core product line of healthier for you gummy candy and have commercialized 3 SKU's of its gummy bears products with other candy types slated for launch in the coming months.

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SOURCE Better Bears Foods Inc.

Garrett Downes, Chief Executive Officer and Director; Morgan Knowles, Vice President, Investor Relations, 647.202.3904, [email protected]