Mountain Valley Spring Company Announces New Bottling Agreement with TalkingRain Beverage Company

HOT SPRINGS, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mountain Valley Spring Company announced today a new bottling agreement with TalkingRain® Beverage Company, Inc. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company will manufacture certain TalkingRain branded bottled water products for TalkingRain to market to its retail partners nationwide.

In order to fulfill its obligations under the agreement, Mountain Valley is in the process of enhancing its production capacity and upgrading one of its five bottling lines to permit the addition of flavors and carbonation to its natural spring water.

“We are impressed with the capabilities of Mountain Valley to help us meet the high consumer demand for our Sparkling Ice product,” said Kevin Klock, President of TalkingRain Beverage Company. “There are not a lot of bottling companies that have the natural spring water resources and manufacturing capabilities necessary to meet our high quality production requirements and we are looking forward to working with Mountain Valley.”

About Talking Rain®

The TalkingRain® family of beverages includes healthy, thirst-quenching product lines: Twist™, Sparkling ICE®, AirWater™, TalkingRain Fusions, TalkingRain Mountain Spring Water and TalkingRain Sparkling Water, all of which are created to refresh the body and renew the mind. For 25 years the brand has been the regional market leader in the Pacific Northwest and is now available in national and regional grocery store chains across the country. For more information about TalkingRain Beverage Company, please visit www.talkingrain.com.

About Mountain Valley Spring Company

Mountain Valley Spring Company is a premium bottled water producer headquartered in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. For over 140 years, the Company and its predecessors have bottled and sold natural spring water flowing from proprietary natural springs located in central Arkansas. The Company, which bottles its water in both glass and plastic bottles, also manufactures plastic bottles from PET for use in its bottling operations and for sale to third party beverage bottlers. For more information about Mountain Valley Spring Company, please visit: www.mountainvalleyspring.com.