Painted Hills Natural Beef

News Release
April 11, 2006

Painted Hills Natural Beef Partners With SYSCO To Service Pacific Northwest

(Fossil, Ore. ) – Due to growing demand from local foodservice establishments, Painted Hills Natural Beef announced this week a partnership with foodservice giant SYSCO to service the Pacific Northwest . Beginning April 17^th, SYSCO will be the exclusive foodservice distributor of Painted Hills Natural Beef in Oregon , Washington and Idaho .

With this partnership, Painted Hills Natural Beef will be available to over 40,000 foodservice accounts in the Northwest. For consumers, this means increased visibility in various foodservice establishments: from restaurants to campus eateries and delicatessens around the region.

Gabrielle Homer, Office Manager and Painted Hills board member is pleased at the added opportunity the partnership will provide. “We’re excited to be able to more completely service a larger geographic area with our products. Every month we get calls from interested restaurants desiring to feature our products. And every month, we have to turn away calls because of lack of established distribution channels. Our ultimate goal is to see that current Painted Hills Natural Beef customers buying our beef in local retail locations are able to enjoy our beef in a variety of foodservice environments.”

This exclusive partnership will have no impact on retail partnerships in the region. All parties interested in further information concerning this new venture are welcome to contact Painted Hills Natural Beef corporate office directly at 1.877.306.8247 or by email at info@natural-beef.com.