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Bob Golden DEMAND FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTS SPIKE IN WAKE OF COVID-19 NEW YORK, NY: Bob Golden, son of the New York-based family who created the Snapple tea empire, has re-entered the beverage market, but this time focusing on organic and all natural product. Their first-of-its-kind product uses the sap of birch trees to sweeten fruit water to create a fruit water that is low in calories. Golden and Treo have seen a massive spike in demand in the wake of COVID-19 as Americans have been seeking low-calorie and healthy alternatives to high sugar beverages, with approximately 4,500 new accounts in the New York area since the coronavirus pandemic began in March. They anticipate to have over 11,000 new accounts nationwide by July, ranging from New York to California, which is consistent with the 79% demand spike for low calorie beverages since march in food stores, delis, and supermarkets across the country.

Wendy Kaufman It is amazing to me how Snapple, the so-called friendly soft drink company could act like this. Wendy Kaufman, The World Famous Snapple Lady, was fired on March 5th, after 18 years with the famous drink, by the stupid and heartless Cadbury Schweppes company. The former nice company had contacted Wendy and asked her to go out for a fun and casual lunch. They even asked her to pick the place. The fun loving Wendy picked BLT Market on 59th and 6th. It was just Wendy and her boss who works for Cadbury Schweppes in the Marketing Department. He tells her there is a de-merger coming up. They want to cut costs. Then he looks at Wendy and say's that they are terminating her existing contract, which had expired one week before this meeting, and he throws down a new contract and says this is their new offer. The problem was, that Wendy had a existing contract with a renewal year three built into it. The contract specifically said that if that Snapple opted to not renew the con...