Kalaheo, Hawaii-based KonaRed Corp. reported an 80 percent increase in consumer product sales plus delivery revenues to nearly $1.1 million for 2014, compared with nearly $605,000 the previous year. Net sales for the company, which includes consumer product sales, delivery fees and raw material ingredient sales, increased 39 percent to nearly $1.3 million, compared with nearly $906 million in 2013.
"Our first full year as a public company ended strongly, and we are pleased with what we've accomplished thus far,” said Chief Executive Officer Shaun Roberts in a statement. “Sales growth continued and led to a 39 percent growth in overall revenue year-over-year, and consumer product related revenues [were] up at an impressive rate of 80 percent. An example of the work done to increase sales is the entry of our nutritional supplement products into select Whole Foods Markets. Another example is the achievement of gaining placement of our three flavors of delicious beverages at 978 Kroger family stores throughout the United States, including Kroger, Food 4 Less, Ralphs and Fred Meyer, and other nationally recognized brands.