Blender Bites Smoothie Innovation Wins Prestigious Canadian Award, Voted Product of the Year in the Organic Beverage Category

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blender Bites Ltd. (the “Company”, “Bites in the blender” Where “Blender”), (CST: TO BITEFWB: JL40WKN: A3DWAM), a Canadian company that develops and markets a line of organic and plant-based pre-portioned frozen functional foods, is pleased to announce that it has won the 2022 Product of the Year award (“POY”) Canada Award, in the category of organic beverages (the “Award”).

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Created more than 31 years ago in France, POY is now present in more than 40 countries with the same objective: “To guide consumers towards the best products on their market and to reward manufacturers for quality and innovation”. . The Canadian Product of the Year award is Canada’s largest consumer product innovation award for consumer products companies.

As the winner of the POY Canada Award Frozen Food/Healthy Beverage category, Blender Bites was judged in its specific category, in which, through a poll of 4,000 people by Kantar, Canadian consumers voted for Blender’s products, rating product innovation against same peer product categories, using seven (7) key performance indicators, including “appeal”, “satisfaction”, “advocacy”, “purchase interest”, “character unique”, “relevance” and “enthusiasm”.

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Blender Bites’ 2022 POY Canada Award for the Frozen Food/Healthy Beverage Category, along with the other category winners, were officially presented with their awards at the annual POY Canada Awards Ceremony held in Toronto , Friday, February 25, 2022, and were also featured nationally in a segment of The Morning Show on Global TV, March 3 at 9:00 a.m. EST, hosted by Carolyn MacKenzie and Jeff McArthur.

“Voted Product of the Year in the organic beverage category by thousands of Canadian consumers, comes at the most incredible time for the company, as we diversify into international markets. This prestigious award is recognized in 40 countries and is a major stamp of approval for consumers and retailers looking to drive innovation in their freezer category. We are incredibly humbled, grateful and thankful for the tremendous support shown by our current Canadian customers and food partners,commented Chelsie Hodge, CEO of Blender Bites.

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About Blender Bites

Blender Bites is a Canadian company involved in the development and marketing of a line of premium, feature-driven frozen food products. Blender Bites was founded in 2016 and was the first to market in Western Canada with a pre-portioned “easy smoothie” product that contains no unnecessary plastic inner packaging. Blender Bites products are certified organic, vegan, non-GMO, gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free. They contain no added sugar and are made in Canada. Blender Bites products are distributed internationally in Canada and the United States and are currently sold in over 850 stores including Sobeys, Safeway, Save on Foods, Whole Foods Market, Buy-Low/Nesters, IGA and Fresh Street.

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On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Limited Bites Blender

Chelsie Hodge, President and CEO

For more information, contact the Blender IR team at:
Email – [email protected]
Telephone – 1-888-997-2055

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” under applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on various estimates and assumptions which, although believed to be reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results and future events to differ materially. of those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and uncertain financial markets. Readers are cautioned that actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

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