Item 1. Business
Item 1. Business.
Overview
Canfield
Medical Supply, Inc. (“CMS”) was incorporated in the State of Ohio on September 3, 1992, and changed domicile to Colorado
on April 18, 2012. CMS was in the business of home health services, primarily the selling of durable medical equipment and medical
supplies to the public, nursing homes, hospitals and other end users.
On
December 31, 2019, Canfield entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”) with
SBG Acquisition Inc. (“ Merger Sub ”), a Nevada Corporation wholly-owned by Canfield, and Splash Beverage
Group, Inc. a Nevada corporation (“ Splash ” or “ SBG “) pursuant to which Merger
Sub merged with and into Splash (the “ Merger” ) with Splash as the surviving company and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Canfield. The Merger was consummated on March 31, 2020.
As
the owners and management of Splash had voting and operating control of CMS following the Merger, the Merger transaction was accounted
for as a reverse acquisition (that is with Splash as the acquiring entity), followed by a recapitalization.
On July 31, 2020,
CMS changed its name to Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (“SBG”).
On December 24, 2020,
SBG consummated an Asset Purchase Agreement(the “APA”) with Copa di Vino Corporation (“CdV”), to purchase
certain assets and assume certain liabilities that comprise the Copa di Vino business for a total purchase price of $5,980,000,
payable in the combination of $2,000,000 in cash (“Cash Consideration”), $2,000,000 convertible promissory note (the
“Convertible Note”) to Seller and a variable number of shares of the Company’s common stock based on a attainment
of revenue hurdles. CdV is one of the leading producers of premium wine by the glass in the United States with its primary offices
and facilities in The Dalles, Oregon.
The Company’s
common stock is quoted on the OTCQB under the symbol SBEV.
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Company Overview and History
Splash was incorporated
in the State of Nevada under the name TapouT Beverages, Inc. for the purpose of acquiring the rights under a license agreement
with TapouT, LLC (Authentic Brands Group and now the WWE) for the right to use the TapouT brand in connection with manufacturing
and selling certain beverages. Robert Nistico was hired as CEO and the name was changed to Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (SBG)
to reflect the revised business plan of being a manufacturer and distributor of several brands of beverages including both
non-alcoholic and spirits brands.
Robert Nistico has
over 28 years of experience in all levels of the three-tier distribution system used in the beverage industry. Prior to joining
the Company, he led the Marley Beverage Company from startup to over $47 million in annual revenues and ultimately profitability
in three and one-half years. Before that he was the 5th employee at Red Bull North America, Inc. and served as General Manager,
VP of Field Marketing and Sr. Vice President & General Manager during his 11 years there. He was instrumental in building
the Red Bull brand in North and Central America and the Caribbean from $0 revenue to $1.6 billion in annual revenues. Nistico
began his career with the Gallo Winery, quickly ascending within that system between winery and senior positions in distribution
with Premier Beverage and RNDC Texas.
Mr. Nistico has assembled
a team of experienced beverage industry professionals with the goal of replicating the business model of companies like Diageo
of owning some brands and managing others where there are synergies among a distribution standpoint. SBG however, has an additional
strategic advantage of “brand incubation” with its own ecommerce platform.
SBG has license rights
to the TapouT brand for the United States and several other countries and we have joint venture with SALT Flavored Tequila. Mr.
Nistico and SBG understand the proven strategy of infusing beverage brands with strong pop culture and lifestyle elements which
drives trial, belief and most importantly repeat purchase.
Our Strategy
Our strategy is to
combine the traditional approach of manufacturing, distributing, and marketing of beverages, but with brands that have a reasonable
level of pre-existing brand awareness (market presence) or have attributes that we believe to be purely innovative. These are
SBG’s core values. We believe this allows SBG to break through the clutter of numerous brand introductions and dilute risk.
This philosophy is applied regardless as to whether the brand is to be 100% owned or a joint venture.
For acquisition or
joint venture consideration, we prefer to work with brands that already have one or more of the following in place:
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Some level of preexisting brand awareness
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Regional presence that can be expanded
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Licensing an existing brand name (TapouT for example)
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Add to an underdeveloped and growing category
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Innovation to an existing attractive category (Flavored Tequila)
We believe offering
brand founders access to our shared services model, provides us with two paths to success: one, developing our wholly owned core
brands and two the ability to tap into high growth early stage brands ready to scale. By managing joint venture brands, we can
significantly reduce their development expense while simultaneously increasing efficiencies for all brands in the SBG portfolio.
Most new single beverage
brands have limited access to distribution and thus find it extremely difficult to obtain meaningful retail shelf presence. With
decades of successful brand introductions (Gallo, Red Bull, Bacardi, DIAGEO, Sparkling Ice, Jones Soda, FUZE Beverage, NOS Energy,
SoBe Beverages, Muscle Milk, Marley Beverages) our ability to break through the distribution and retail bottlenecks makes us an
attractive joint venture partner to many new brand owners.
Our business ventures
are typically structured with a revenue split, a marketing spend commitment from the brand founder and an earned equity position
that constitutes control. Most are happy to award an equity position in their brand in exchange for distribution, sales and marketing
management within the distribution network which eliminates their need to invest in infrastructure. Our partners only need to
manage a small base of corporate operations.
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We benefit by avoiding
the development costs for new products. This model spreads our risk over several brands, contributes to our economies of scale,
and it improves our relationship with distribution because we can provide them with a broader line of proven beverage products.
Since our inception
we have seen very good deal flow having been offered over 20 brands. SBG is only engaging with brands that fit comfortably within
the above guidelines and are in some way complementary to each other categorically or from a distribution standpoint.
We also believe the
distribution landscape in the beverage category is changing rapidly and see that tech-enabled business models are thriving. Direct
to consumer, office or home solutions are projected to continue to gain traction in the future. A core strategy for SBG is to
build onto the early success we’re seeing with the Qplash online platform.
Products
We produce, distribute
and market two beverages brands, “TapouT Performance”, a hydration & recovery isotonic sport drink and SALT Naturally
Flavored Tequila, a 100% agave 80 proof line of flavored tequilas. The following is a description of these products.
SALT Flavored Tequila
We produce, distribute,
and market the following flavors under the brand name SALT Naturally Flavored Tequila:
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Citrus flavor
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Berry flavor
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Chocolate flavor
SALT Tequila is the
first line of 100% agave 80-proof flavored tequilas. Tequila, vodka, rum, and now even brown spirits have experienced significant
growth when flavors were introduced, and we expect significant growth as the tequila category is already growing at double digits.
SALT is currently
being launched and distributed by RNDC, Youngs Market and Major Brands to Walmart and Total Wine to date in 6 U.S. states and
is for sale in Mexico. Several South American countries will also launch SALT during spring 2021.
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SALT is a business
venture between SBG and SALT USA, LLC. All aspects of manufacturing, logistics, distribution and marketing are the responsibility
of SBG.
TapouT Isotonic Sports Drinks
SBG will produce,
market, sell and distribute the following sports beverages under the brand name TapouT in the coming two years:
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TapouT Performance: Flavors completed
Flavor
Cherry Lemonade
Orange
Citrus Kick
Some Sugar / 120 Calories
2021
2021
In Production
Zero Sugar / 10 Calories
In Production
In Production
2021
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TapouT Elite: In development for 2022
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TapouT Energy: Under consideration also for 2022
TapouT Performance
is a unique advanced performance functional beverage that has recuperative and cell regeneration capabilities that increase hydration
and cellular recovery. It is formulated with all GRAS (FDA Designation “Generally Regarded As Safe) ingredients versus controversial
ingredients used in many competitive products. It can be taken before, during or after activity to enhance activation, hydration,
and recovery. TapouT Performance is all natural and is perfectly balanced with a proprietary blend of 5 electrolytes, amino acids
and a proprietary specialized ingredient blend of minerals and nutrients.
TapouT, formally associated
with the UFC and mixed martial arts (MMA) has been producing branded clothing and light equipment for over 23 years and has a
very high level of aided and unaided brand awareness.
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Now associated with
the WWE, Authentic Brands Group, LLC (“ABG TapouT”), the original owner of the TapouT brand IP, represents the biggest
WWE stars, produces reality TV shows, Pod Casts, and other media and TapouT is the official training partner of the WWE.
TapouT License Agreement
We have the rights
under a License Agreement to North, Central and South America, US military bases, Australia, South Africa and the EU. The beverages
covered by the License Agreement include sports drinks, energy drinks, energy shots, water, protein, teas, etc.
We pay a 6% royalty
of net sales or a guaranteed minimum royalty of $540,000 whichever is greater. This agreement goes through December 31, 2022.
We have the right
to use the TapouT brand to market, advertise and promote for sale our TapouT beverages, and TapouT agrees to provide us with certain
materials which we can use in connection with our advertising and promotion. We are required to spend 2% of our net sales on marketing
expenditures such as expenses attributable to trade shows, catalogs and websites, point-of-sale advertising featuring TapouT products
and other retail advertising. TapouT has certain relationships with certain celebrity and athletic talent and, if requested, it
agrees to use its reasonable efforts to request the celebrities and/or athletes to be present at autograph signings, tradeshows
and other similar events.
Manufacturing and Distribution
SBG is responsible
for the manufacturing of the TapouT Performance Beverage and SALT Naturally Flavored Tequila.
Although we are responsible
for manufacturing TapouT and SALT, we do not directly manufacture these products, but instead we outsource such manufacturing
to third party bottlers and contract packers.
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We purchase concentrates,
flavors, dietary ingredients, cans, bottles, caps, labels, and other ingredients for our beverage products from our suppliers,
which are delivered to our various third-party bottlers and co-packers. In some cases, certain common supplies may be purchased
by our various third-party bottlers and co-packers. Depending on the product, the third-party bottlers or packers add filtered
water and/or other ingredients (including dietary ingredients) for the manufacture and packaging of the finished products into
our approved containers in accordance with our formulas.
The Copa di Vino and
Pulpoloco brands are manufactured at our manufacturing facility in The Dalles, Oregon.
Co-Packing Arrangements
Our TapouT products
are manufactured by various third-party bottlers and co-packers situated throughout the United States under separate arrangements
with each party. Our co-packaging arrangements are generally on a month-to-month basis or are terminable upon request and do not
typically obligate us to produce any minimum quantities of products within specified periods.
In some instances,
subject to agreement, certain equipment may be purchased by us and installed at the facilities of our co-packers to enable them
to produce certain of our products. In general, such equipment remains our property and is returned to us upon termination of
the packing arrangements with such co-packers, unless we are reimbursed by the co-packer via a per-case credit over a predetermined
number of cases that are produced at the facilities concerned.
We are generally responsible
for arranging for the purchase and delivery to our third-party bottlers and co-packers the containers in which our beverage products
are packaged.
We pack some of our
products in multiple locations to enable us to produce finished goods closer to the markets where they are sold, with the objective
of reducing freight costs as well as transportation-related product damages. As distribution volumes increase, we will continue
to source additional packing arrangements closer to such markets to further reduce logistics costs. Our ability to estimate demand
for our products is imprecise, particularly with new products, and may be less precise during periods of rapid growth, particularly
in new markets. If we materially underestimate demand for our products and/or are unable to secure sufficient ingredients or raw
materials including, but not limited to aluminum cans, PET plastic bottles, labels, flavors, juice concentrates, dietary ingredients,
and other ingredients, and/or procure adequate packing arrangements and/or obtain adequate or timely shipment of our products,
we might not be able to satisfy demand on a short-term basis.
Our production arrangements
are generally of short duration or are terminable upon our request. For some of our products, there may be limited co-packing
facilities in our domestic market with adequate capacity and/or suitable equipment to package our products. We believe a short
disruption or delay in production would not significantly affect our revenues; however, as alternative co-packing facilities in
our domestic market with adequate long-term capacity may not be available for such products, either at commercially reasonable
rates and/or within a reasonably short time period, if at all, a lengthy disruption or delay in production of any of such products
could significantly affect our revenues.
We continue to actively
seek alternative and/or additional advantageously located co-packing facilities with adequate capacity and capability for the
production of our various products to minimize transportation costs and transportation-related damages as well as to create redundancies
to mitigate the risk of a disruption in production and/or importation.
Distribution
In the United States
we operate within what is referred to as the “Three Tier Distribution System” where manufacturers do not typically
sell directly to retailers, but instead contract for local and regional distribution with independent distributors. These distributors
typically have geographic rights to distribute major beverage brands such as Budweiser, Pepsi, and Red Bull and call on every
store in a given area such as major cities or regions. However, due to increasing costs over the last 20 years for these distributors
to call on every store (sometimes referred to in the industry as “DSD” or direct store delivery), there has been a
great deal of consolidation which has limited the options for new brands to gain distribution and retail shelf presence. Our management
team believes that their history of success and experience working within this channel will allow SBG to be successful in building
a strong network of these distributors.
In addition to working
with these independent distributors, we also have distribution arrangements with national retail accounts to distribute some of
our products directly through their warehouse operations.
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E-commerce
“Qplash”
is the consumer-packaged goods retail division of Splash Beverage Group and our first entry point into the growing e-commerce
channel. The division sells beverages & groceries online through qplash.com, and third-party storefronts such as Amazon.com
and Walmart.com. Inside of the division, there are two primary customer groups, B-to-B retail businesses, which in turn offer
the products to their customers, and B-to-C, selling direct to end users.
Qplash sells to retailers
through www.qplash.com. These retailers, generally in the high-end apparel space, are working to enhance their customers in store
shopping experience. They offer high end beverages to for customers to enjoy while shopping or to take on the go. This program
allows businesses to control inventory, order with payment terms, and the convenience of delivery directly to each store.
To the end user, we
ship orders from our warehouses direct to their home or office. We offer competitive pricing, an easy & convenient transactional
process, and a wide selection of products. Consumers can order from qplash.com, from our storefront on Amazon, or other third-party
platforms. Amazon is a valuable revenue source as it allows us to access their loyal customer base and a high conversion rate
as they are comfortable navigating and checking out.
Currently we offer
over 350 listings and ship from Ontario, California. Later this year, we plan to activate additional warehouse partnerships, thus
reducing shipping costs and the transit times while gaining access to several thousand additional items. Our objective is to offer
1,500 items by the spring of 2021.
Additionally, this
vertically integrated platform affords SBG a unique opportunity to incubate, accelerate and ultimately migrate brands to traditional
distribution.
Canfield Medical Supply, Inc.
Canfield Medical Supply,
Inc. is a provider of home medical equipment, supplies and services (which relate to the equipment sales) in Ohio’s Mahoning
Valley, Western Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia, with an emphasis on providing for patients with mobility-related limitations
who have had strokes, hip or knee replacements, and other surgeries after they are discharged from a hospital or rehab center.
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Copa di Vino Wine Group, Inc. Products :
Copa Di Vino is the
leading producer of premium wine by the glass in the United States. Founder and owner, James Martin discovered the concept on
a bullet train adventure through the south of France. A year later he brought the technology to his hometown of The Dalles, Oregon
located in the majestic Columbia River Gorge. His passion for wine led to Copa Di Vino – wine in a glass – a ready
to drink wine glass that could go anywhere without the need for a bottle, corkscrew or glass. Just open and enjoy! Wine is no
longer trapped in the bottle!
We currently have
seven varietals of wine: Pinot Grigio, Riesling, Merlot, Chardonnay, White Zinfandel, Moscato, and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Pulpoloco is a sangria
which is encased in a 100% biodegradable can made from paper.
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