LOS ANGELES, Dec. 01, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reed’s, Inc. (NYSE-MKT:REED), maker of top selling craft sodas nationwide today announced Chris Reed, Founder and CEO of Reed’s, Inc. will be one of the featured speakers at the Beverage Digest “Future Smarts Conference” in New York City on December 14^th, 2015.

A feature story with Chris Reed in the Beverage Digest September 25, 2015 newsletter titled “Surge in Craft Soda Interest a Boon for Pioneer Reed’s” prompted the invitation to participate in this prestigious event.

The Beverage Digest Future Smarts Conference is one of the highest level and most influential conferences for the U.S. beverage industry.  Future Smarts brings together top executives from manufacturing, marketing and the financial world to discuss the latest trends and most pressing issues facing the industry.  Some presenters at the upcoming conference will be the CEO of PepsiCo North America (PEP), CEO of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) and COO of Coca-Cola (KO).

“We are honored to have Chris on the program and I am very excited that he has accepted our invitation to present,” said Duane Stanford, editor of Beverage Digest.

Chris Reed, stated, “As the leader in the craft soda industry, I’m very excited to share my thoughts and insights into its future.  I entered the soft drink industry 25 years ago to introduce the world to my handcrafted ginger ales that use processes that predate today’s modern soft drinks.  Our brewing process uses the finest, fresh raw ingredients, and does not use commercial ingredients like artificial flavors, preservatives or colors. This process put Reed’s on the map, and we have grown to become the top-ranked soft drink in the natural food channel today and the fastest growing of the top 50 soda companies in mainstream supermarkets.  It is a true honor to be acknowledged as an innovator and pioneer in the craft soda movement.  We have a big vision for our craft sodas and feel that we are one of the most disruptive new beverage concept in a long time. I welcome this opportunity from Future Smarts to discuss current trends, opportunities and challenges,” Reed concluded.

About Reed’s, Inc.

Reed's, Inc. makes the top-selling natural sodas in the natural and craft foods industry, which are sold in over 15,000 natural and mainstream supermarkets nationwide. In addition, Reed's products are sold through specialty gourmet, natural food stores, retail stores, convenience stores and restaurants nationwide and select international markets. Its seven 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. The Company owns the top-selling root beer line in natural foods, the Virgil's Root Beer product line, and a top-selling cola line in natural foods, the China Cola product line. In 2012, the Company launched its Reed's Culture Club Kombucha line of organic live beverages. Other product lines include Reed's Ginger Candies and Reed's Ginger Ice Creams. The company celebrated 25 years of hand-crafting the best sodas in the world, naturally, in 2014.

For more information about Reed’s, please visit the Company’s website at: http://www.reedsinc.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-K 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.

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