MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via OTC PR WIRE -- PRESS RELEASE -- Kona Gold Solutions, Inc., a hemp and CBD lifestyle brand focused on product development in the functional beverage sector, has announced the company has entered into a partnership with Huck’s, a popular and established convenience store chain. Huck’s will be selling the company’s Kona Gold Hemp Energy Drinks and HighDrate CBD Energy Waters in all of their stores. Huck’s will also be the company’s first chain to receive and sell its all new Cotton Candy Hemp Energy Shots that will be produced in the first quarter of 2019.
Huck’s was established in 1960 by Bob Martin and Frank Bayley in small Southern Illinois towns and has grown to over 120 locations in five states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. Huck’s has grown to be one of the most financially sound companies in the county with over 1,500 employees. In March of 2001, the Martin and Bayley families sold the company to the employees making it a 100-percent Employee Owned Company. To learn more about Huck’s, visit their website at http://hucks.rovertown.com/.
“I am excited to announce our new partnership with Huck’s, the company’s first convenience store chain,” stated Robert Clark, CEO of Kona Gold. “Huck’s is a fantastic, employee-owned company with a great story and we are thrilled to be partnering with them to sell our products in over 120 stores they operate in five states. Our Midwest sales manager, Chad Webb, has worked closely with Huck’s to bring this new partnership to fruition. Huck’s will be carrying our current lineup of products and will be introducing our new Cotton Candy Hemp Energy Shots to the market once they become available this quarter.”
The announcement of Huck’s partnership comes on the heels of the company announcing its distribution agreement with Anheuser-Busch distributor, Kentucky Eagle. The company is aggressively pursing distribution and chain authorizations in multiple states as it grows its market share as the leader in the hemp and CBD beverage space.
