Skylar/Haleys Stoneridge Orchards Whole Dried Berries Awarded Gold Medal At NNFAs 2004 Peoples Choice For Best New Snack Sweet

SkylarHaleys Stoneridge Orchards brand of infused whole dried berries have received its first award, the National Nutritional Food Associations 2004 Peoples Choice Award for Best New Sweet Snack.

Pleasanton, CA (PRWEB) August 9, 2004 -- SkylarHaleys Stoneridge Orchards brand of infused whole dried berries have received its first award, the National Nutritional Food Associations 2004 Peoples Choice Award for Best New Sweet Snack. The event was held on July 17th during this years NNFA Show in Las Vegas and was sponsored by the NFFA, Better Nutrition Magazine and Vegetarian Times Magazine. This year, more than 100 retailers participated in the judging of over 50 products. For SkylarHaley this award represents back-to-back show victories for the young upstart. At last years show essn, their award winning line of all natural sparkling 100% fruit juice beverages came away with the award for best new cold beverage in the nutritional category.

Our goal is to bring innovate products to market. Based upon last years award along with this year we are right on track," Says SkylarHaley General Manager Peter Vermeulen. Winning awards is but one aspect to judge the success of a brand. What we are most proud of is our retail base has increased 500% in 2004 over 2003 and of course 2004 has a long way to go. 2003 was a great year for us as we brought both essn and achievONE, our very popular low carb high protein nutritional coffee beverage to market. With the huge success of our Stoneridge Orchards line of whole dried Blueberries, Strawberries, Cherries and Cranberries, 2004 will be the year our young company, we only introduced our products in 2003, will do something no one expected from us, turn a profit"

SkylarHaley products are now available nationally at many fine retailers including Sams Club, Costco Wholesale, Jamba Juice, Whole Foods, Trader Joes and online at www.skylarhaley.com, www.drinkessn.com, www.achievone.com and www.stoneridgeorchards.com. -

About SkylarHaley
SkylarHaley (www.skylarhaley.com) is a leading Food and Beverage company focused on bringing innovate products to market. By creating national brands in the food and beverage industry and to obtain a market leading position through excellence in product innovation and customer service. We are dedicated to our customers product experience and pledge to sponsor activities that benefit the community we plan to serve.
Headquartered in Pleasanton, California,an East Coast office in Sterling, VA and an office in Rogers, AR, SkylarHaley was founded in July 2002 by Perry Abadir and Jonathan Smith. With a combined fifty plus years of industry experience in the Food and Beverage business Mr. Abadir and Mr. Smith clearly have what it bring innovative product to market.
   
Mr. Abadir and Mr. Smith also own Blue Sun Corporation, a food and non-food brokerage company that specializes in selling to the Warehouse Clubs and to larger grocery retail chains. Blue Sun has been hired by SkylarHaley to represent the essn beverage line in the Club Market.                            

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Media Contacts:
Jeremy B. Smith, Blue Sun, jeremy@bluesuncorp.com, Blue Sun Corporation. - Tel 925.426. 9864, Fax 925 426-9870.
Peter Vermeulen, SkylarHaley, peter@skylarhaley.com, SkylarHaley, Inc. - Tel 925.600. 9397, Fax 925 600-9357. www.skylarhaley.com

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