BLLB Bell Buckle Holdings Inc (PK)

Bell Buckle Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets:BLLB) has announced their purchase of the Tunica, Mississippi based specialty foods producer, Bainbridge Festive Foods. Long recognized for their excellence in the specialty foods industry, Bainbridge Festive Foods began producing and marketing hand-crafted gourmet pickles in 1981 and expanded to produce a full range of jams, jellies, preserves, sauces and spiced tea. Bainbridge Festive Foods products are still handmade in small batches from old family recipes to ensure superior quality. Their many award-winning products have been featured on tables across the country and their Garlic Parsley Jelly was mentioned in House Beautiful Magazine. The Bainbridge Festive Foods brand will join Captain Rodney�s Caribbean Specialties, Simplify Gourmet, Rose & Ivy Gourmet Delicacies and Bell Buckle Country Store Old-Time Classics, in the Bell Buckle Holdings, Inc. stable of gourmet, all-natural brands. �The addition of the Bainbridge Festive Foods Brand allows us to diversify our product offering and increase our distribution in one-step, while joining forces with one of the great pioneers of the specialty food business. Bainbridge Festive Foods was marketing specialty foods, before there was a recognized industry and their dedication to products of the highest quality is a natural fit for our company,� said marketing director, Brad Simmons. About Bell Buckle Holdings, Inc. Bell Buckle Country Store, Inc. was founded in 1995 as a family owned and operated business, dedicated to producing the finest all-natural gourmet food products on the market. This dedication to excellence has garnered them recognition throughout the industry and many national awards for both taste and packaging. Through the years, the company has grown to include 5 brands, 239 products, sold in all 50 States and overseas through grocery stores, specialty gourmet & gift shops and big box retailers. Bell Buckle Country Store, Inc. products are sold under the brands: Captain Rodney�s, Rose & Ivy, Simplify, Bell Buckle Country Store and Bainbridge Festive Foods. Additional information about Bell Buckle Holdings, Inc. is available on the Company's web site at http://www.BellBuckle.com. Safe Harbor Disclosure: This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws, commonly identified by such terms as "believes," "looking ahead," "anticipates," "estimates" and other terms with similar meaning. Although the Company believes that the assumptions upon which its forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that these assumptions will prove to be correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's projections and expectations are disclosed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements in this press release are expressly qualified by such cautionary statements and by reference to the underlying assumptions.