VANCOUVER, B.C., Aug. 31, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Leading Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBIX), North America's only fully integrated premium beverage company, announces that its Chairman and CEO, Ralph McRae, will present at the third-annual Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. Investor Summit on September 20, 2006 at 9:00 am. This event will be held at the Mark Hopkins InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco.
More information about the conference can be found at www.merrimanco.com
Also, due to popular demand, there will be a Leading Brands newsletter on September 1, 2006, available on the company's website at www.LBIX.com.
About Leading Brands, Inc.
Leading Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBIX) is North America's only fully integrated premium beverage company. The Company's unique Integrated Distribution System (IDS)(TM) offers turnkey, one-stop shopping to food and beverage brand owners, including manufacturing, distribution, sales/marketing and licensing. In addition, Leading Brands produces their own line of beverages such as TrueBlue(R), LiteBlue(R), TREK(R) Natural Sports Drink, NITRO(TM) Energy Drink, Soy2O(R), Country Harvest(R) Juices, Caesar's(R) Bloody Caesar Cocktails and Infinity Sparkling Mountain Spring Water.
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