VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA September [•], 2022 – The Good Flour Corp. (CSE: GFCO) (OTCQB: GFCOF) (FSE: 3KZ) (“GFCO”) is pleased to announce that it has signed on and listed with KeHE Distributors for wholesale distribution of its exciting line of superfood packed, alt-wheat flours into the United States. The arrangement opens significant sales opportunities in the United States of GFCO’s gluten-free, allergen-free, additive-free, hassle-free products, including flour, fried chicken batter, fish & chip batter, pizza & pasta mix, tempura batter, pancake and waffle blend and cake mix.
"The addition of a KeHE as a distribution partner is key to GFCO’s growth and expansion plans at retail in the United States,” stated Matthew Clayton, CEO of GFCO. “KeHE is the largest, pure-play distributor of natural & organic, specialty, and fresh products to more than 30,000 natural food stores, chain and independent grocery stores, e-commerce retailers, and other specialty products retailers throughout North America.”
Mr. Clayton continued: “We are extremely pleased to be working with a national US leader such as KeHE, and we are now in a position as a business and brand to use our increased automated production capacity to expand into targeted retail locations across the country and to scale our sales into the coming 2023 year ahead.”
About KeHE
KeHE Distributors, LLC (KeHE) is the largest, pure-play distributor of natural & organic, specialty, and fresh products to more than 30,000 natural food stores, chain and independent grocery stores, e-commerce retailers, and other specialty products retailers throughout North America. With over 6,800 employee-owners, KeHE, a Certified B Corporation, drives its mission of serving to make lives better and bringing the next level of goodness, crazy GOOD™, throughout all aspects of its operation. For more about KeHE, visit KeHE.com or check out its social media channels: LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook,& Twitter.
About The Good Flour Corp.
GFCO’s mission is to provide a gluten-free, allergen free, hassle-free all-purpose baking flour blend that allows individuals with gluten and other food allergies to enjoy life without giving up their favorite foods or settling for low-quality alternatives. GFCO also provides gluten and allergen free fried chicken batter, fish & chip batter, pizza & pasta mix, tempura batter, pancake and waffle blend, cake mix and pizza crusts.
For additional information on The Good Flour Corp. please refer to www.goodflour.co.
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Forward looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed by the forward-looking information. Such factors include risks related to general business, economic and social uncertainties; local and global market and economic uncertainties arising in respect of the COVID-19 pandemic; risks associated with supply chain for machinery and equipment; litigation, availability of key product ingredients; legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; failure to effectively expand production capacity; the ability to obtain retail partners to distribute Company’s products; failure to attract, maintain and expand relationships with key restaurant and food service partners; changing consumer taste preferences; delay or failure to receive regulatory approvals; the sufficiency of our cash to meet liquidity needs; failure to attract qualified management and staff, labour disputes; and the additional risks identified in the "Risk Factors" section of GFCO’s filings with applicable Canadian securities regulators.
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