Alkaline Water Co. Enters Southeastern USA With Whole Foods Market

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Alkaline Water Co. Enters Southeastern USA With Whole Foods Market

The Alkaline Water Company Inc.(OTCBB:WTER) (the "Company"), developers of an innovative state of the art proprietary electrolysis beverage process, packaged and sold in 3 liter and 1 gallon sizes under the trade name Alkaline88, is very pleased to announce its entry in to the US Southeast with the commencement of initial shipments to approximately 28 Whole Foods Market stores located in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.

Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com) is the leading retailer of natural and organic foods and America's first national "Certified Organic" grocer. In fiscal year 2013, the Company had sales of approximately $13 billion and currently has 374 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Whole Foods Market employs more than 80,000 team members and has been ranked for 17 consecutive years as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America byFortunemagazine.

Steven Nickolas, President & CEO of The Alkaline Water Company, Inc., comments, "We are extremely pleased to announce our entry into the Southeast, especially with a top specialty retailer like Whole Foods Market. We want to thank our distribution partners at United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) for their part in making this possible. UNFI is the largest leading independent national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and related products and we are thrilled to have their expertise and support in this breakout opportunity for us."

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