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HUDSON AND GRANDE ANNOUNCE THE ACQUISITION OF HALL OF FAME BEVERAGES
HUDSON AND GRANDE ANNOUNCE THE ACQUISITION OF HALL OF FAME BEVERAGES.
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[{"type":"text","content":"ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, January 26, 2014. Michael P. Grande and Randolph S. Hudson are\npleased to announce their acquisition of Hall of Fame Beverages, Inc., a Delaware\ncorporation (US.HFBG.PK) (\"Fame\"). \nWhile there are certain agreements that remain to be exchanged among Mr.\nGrande, Mr. Hudson, and Alexander S. Johnson, Fame's Chairman, President, and\nChief Executive Officer, the acquisition of Fame has been completed. Mr. Johnson said, \"I think Mr.\nGrande and Mr. Hudson will be able to revive our brands and pick up where we\nleft off. If we work together, I think\nwe can see some positive results by mid-year.\" Mr. Johnson comes to The Hudson and\nGrande Organization with impressive credentials. Mr. Johnson is an entrepreneur who specializes in the consumable products market\nand nutritional supplement market. Mr.\nJohnson helped to launch the \"Top Dogg\" brand during the summer of\n2012. Before stepping into the\nconsumable products and nutritional supplements markets, Mr. Johnson began his\ncareer in the government services industry in 2006 with CACI International,\nInc. as a Program Control Analyst. Over\nthe past seven years, Mr. Johnson held various finance related positions as a\nSenior Consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton in Mclean, Virginia, managing the\nbudgets of multiple governments with funded amounts of over $35 million dollars\nannually. Mr. Johnson?s work experience\nwith two of the world?s leading providers of government consulting services\nproves that he understands what it takes to lead and manage a business. Mr. Johnson holds a BS in Accounting from Old\nDominion University and a MS in Accounting and Information Systems from the\nUniversity of Maryland's University College. Fame is principally known for the\ndistribution of its energy drink named \"Atomic Dogg\", which it\nmanufactured under license from Primo Products, LLC, a Delaware limited\nliability company, and \"Grand Ma Ma's Sweet Tea\", which it\nmanufactured under license from Larry Johnson Beverage Group, Inc., a Delaware\ncorporation. Mr. Grande said, \"The acquisition\nof Hall of Fame, and our subsequent marketing of its products later this year,\nwill help to round-out the product line by adding a premium tea ...