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HUDSON AND GRANDE ANNOUNCE ACQUISITION OF ENCOUNTER DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES AFFILIATE
HUDSON AND GRANDE ANNOUNCE ACQUISITION OF ENCOUNTER DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES AFFILIATE.
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[{"type":"text","content":"ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, January 15,\n2014. Michael P. Grande, the Chairman of\nthe Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Electronic Merchant\nSystems Rochester, Inc., a New York corporation (\"EMS\"), and Randolph\nS. Hudson, the Managing Administrative Trustee of First Hudson Trust of New\nYork, a Massachusetts trust organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma\n(\"First Hudson\"), are pleased to announce the acquisition of Apple\nRush Company, Inc., a Texas corporation (US.APRU.PK) (\"Apple Rush\"), by\nEMS and First Hudson as of this date.\n\nMr. Grande said, \"Apple Rush\nand the introduction of its beverage products and distribution network will be\na welcome addition, and will complement and better serve the shareholders of\nEncounter (Encounter Development Technologies Inc., a Colorado corporation\n(US.ENTI.PK)), in the overall plan that Randy [Hudson] and I have devised for\nall of the companies under our common control and ownership.\".\n\nApple Rush, under the wisdom of\nits founder and creator, Robert J. Corr, a legend in the beverage industry\ndating back to the 1970's, has evolved to a customer-centric product that is a lightly\ncarbonated, organic 100% juice product, and that is presently available in four\ndifferent flavors, that Mr. Grande and Mr. Hudson intend to mass-test market in the Northeastern United\nStates in the coming months, and, Apple Rush is now in negotiations with\nvarious distillers to manufacture a maltous (alcoholic) beverage that the\ncompany will introduce in certain, select markets in the Northeastern United\nStates and in Nevada by the end of the third calendar quarter of 2014. Mr. Grande and Mr. Hudson have extensive\nconnections in the bar and casino industries in New York, Florida, and\nNevada. Mr. Hudson said, \"Bob\n[Corr] has been and continues to be a true visionary in the beverage\nindustry. Mike [Grande] and I are\nhonored to work with him in developing Apple Rush's brands and to know him as\nan individual.\"\n\nMr. Hudson and Mr. Grande,\ntogether with Dean M. Denton, Tiffany L. Grande, will serve as interim, acting\nofficers of the company until the board of directors appoints individuals who\nare qualified in their various fields of specialty to take the company to the\nnext level. Of course, as the indirect\ncontrol shareholders ...