Kona Gold Beverage, Inc. (OTCQB: KGKG), a holding company focused on product development in the better-for-you and hemp and CBD functional beverage sector, is pleased to announce its OOH LA Lemin Lemonade brand was tested and performed very well in a selection of Plaid Pantry convenience stores. As a result, Plaid Pantry will be expanding its offering of OOH LA Lemin in an additional 100 stores this Spring. Kona Gold Beverage's distribution partner, The Odom Corporation, will be distributing OOH LA Lemin to all Plaid Pantry locations in the Northwest.

Plaid Pantry is a locally owned and operated 107 location convenience store chain based in the greater Portland, Oregon area, with stores ranging from Salem, Oregon to Seattle, Washington. They carry the widest variety of beverages and snacks of any local convenience store and have recently added many organic, GMO-free, fair trade, and other healthier choices to their stores.

"I look forward to expanding our presence in the Plaid Pantry Cooler sets. They have been a great partner for us and our distributor Odom in the Pacific Northwest," stated Bill Stineman, VP of Product Management & Innovation, Inc. "Plaid Pantry will be one of the first major chains to have the newly rebranded Ooh La Lemin Cans in their stores in the next few weeks."

For more information regarding Plaid Pantry please visit:
https://www.plaidpantry.com/

For more information regarding Kona Gold Beverage, please visit:
https://konagoldbeverage.com/

About Kona Gold Beverage, Inc.

Kona Gold Beverage, Inc., a Delaware corporation, has created wholly-owned subsidiaries, Kona Gold LLC, HighDrate, LLC, and Gold Leaf Distribution, LLC. Kona Gold, LLC has developed a premium Hemp-Infused Energy Drink line; please visit its website at www.konagoldhemp.com.  HighDrate, LLC has developed the beverage industry's first CBD-Infused Energy Water, available in 6 delicious flavors; please visit its website at www.highdrateme.com. Gold Leaf Distribution, LLC was created to fill the Company's distribution needs in markets that it wants to enter quickly; please visit its website at www.goldleafdist.com. Kona Gold Beverage, Inc. recently acquired S&S Beverage, Inc., which manufactures and distributes LEMIN Superior Lemonade line; please visit its website at www.drinklemin.com. Kona Gold and its family of companies are located on the east coast of Florida in Melbourne and in Greer, South Carolina.

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