Reed’s, Inc. Announces Partnership with Maletis Beverage

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Reed’s, Inc. Announces Partnership with Maletis Beverage

Portland, Oregon-based beverage distributor covers the greater Portland-Salem and Southwest Washington areas

LOS ANGELES, April 28, 2009 (MARKETWIRE) -- Reed's, Inc. (NasdaqCM:REED), maker of the top-selling sodas in natural food stores nationwide announced today that it has formed a partnership with Portland, Oregon-based Maletis Beverage. Maletis is an Oregon based distributor that sells a variety of Domestic, Imported and Micro-beers. Their non-alcoholic portfolio includes Rockstar, Crystal Geyser, Newman’s Own and now the Reed’s and Virgil’s product line up.

Neal Cohane, Senior VP of Sales & Marketing for Reed’s stated, “Partnering with Maletis Beverage is a tremendous opportunity for Reed’s. Maletis has ubiquitous reach across one of the largest metropolitan areas in the Pacific Northwest. Growing our brand in mainstream is a key strategy for us, and partnerships with distributors like Maletis will help Reed’s and Virgil’s gain access into distribution channels and accounts where our brands have not traditionally been found.”
About Maletis Beverage

Maletis Beverage, established over 70 years ago, is locally owned and operated by Rob Maletis. Maletis Beverage was founded in 1935 by Chris Maletis Sr., grandfather of Rob and father to the late Chris Maletis Jr. They distribute a broad variety of domestic, craft and imported beers along with a wide variety of natural and non-alcoholic beverages. For more information about Maletis Beverage, please visit www.maletis.com.

About Reed's, Inc.

Reed's, Inc. makes the top selling sodas in natural food markets nationwide and is currently selling in 10,500 supermarkets in natural foods and mainstream. Its six award-winning non-alcoholic Ginger Brews are unique in the beverage industry, being brewed, not manufactured and using fresh ginger, spices and fruits in a brewing process that predates commercial soft drinks. In addition, the Company owns the top selling root beer line in natural foods, the Virgil's Root Beer product line, and the top selling cola line in natural foods, the China Cola product line. Other product lines include: Reed's Ginger Candies and Reed's Ginger Ice Creams.

Reed's products are sold through specialty gourmet and natural food stores, mainstream supermarket chains, retail stores and restaurants nationwide, and in Canada.

For more information about Reed's, please visit the company's website at: http://www.reedsgingerbrew.com or call 800-99-REEDS.

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SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

Some portions of this press release, particularly those describing Reed's goals and strategies, contain "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words, such as "expects," "should," "believes," "anticipates" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. While Reed's is working to achieve those goals and strategies, actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include difficulty in marketing its products and services, maintaining and protecting brand recognition, the need for significant capital, dependence on third party distributors, dependence on third party brewers, increasing costs of fuel and freight, protection of intellectual property, competition and other factors, any of which could have an adverse effect on the business plans of Reed's, its reputation in the industry or its expected financial return from operations and results of operations. In light of significant risks and uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by Reed's that they will achieve such forward-looking statements. For further details and a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, please see our most recent reports on Form 10-KSB and Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as they may be amended from time to time. Reed's undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Source: Reed's, Inc.

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