13-Year Old Black CEO Expands Products into Major Markets

13-Year Old Black CEO Expands Products into Major Markets

by | May 8, 2018 | Hot Products, Lifestyle

ME & THE BEES LEMONADE ANNOUNCES EXPANSION INTO WHOLE FOODS MARKET’S MID-ATLANTIC REGION

13-year old Founder & CEO, Mikaila Ulmer buzzes to the DMV to launch her award-winning lemonade with demos and special events during Mother’s Day weekend

Me & the Bees Lemonade has announced the launch of their product into Whole Foods Market’s Mid-Atlantic Region (Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and southern New Jersey). Me & the Bees Lemonade will be available in all stores in the Mid-Atlantic region beginning May 11.

“I am so excited to bring our delicious lemonade to Whole Foods Market Mid-Atlantic customers just in time for the spring/summer season,” said Mikaila Ulmer, Founder & CEO, Me & the Bees Lemonade.

“We’re delighted to bring Mikaila’s Me & the Bees Lemonade to Whole Foods Market locations across the Mid-Atlantic region,” said Philip Baetcke, grocery director for Whole Foods Market’s Mid-Atlantic region. “Me & the Bees Lemonade is a perfect springtime refreshment – and each purchase helps protect honeybees and supports the environments in which they thrive.”

At the age of four, Mikaila launched her business from her home in Austin, Texas after she was stung by a bee… twice in one week. Her parents encouraged her to research the bees and she learned how beneficial they are to our ecosystem and that they were dying. Like many kids, she wanted to know what she could do to save the bees, so she started a lemonade stand. What’s unique about Me & the Bees Lemonade is that it uses Mikaila’s Great Granny Helen’s recipe with all natural ingredients including honey and flaxseed. Five years later at age 9, Mikaila pitched her product on Shark Tank and today, at age 13, Me & the Bees Lemonade is buzzing off the shelves in Whole Foods Market locations and other natural and organic grocers across the country.

Me & the Bees Lemonade is a premium ready-to-drink bottled lemonade sweetened with honey and provides a fun twist on the classic beverage with flavors like Mint, Prickly Pear, Ginger and Half Tea and Lemonade. With 10 percent of the profits shared with organizations fighting hard to save the honeybees through Mikaila’s Healthy Hive Foundation, she encourages everyone to “Buy a bottle… save the Bees.”

Me & the Bees Lemonade will roll out in Whole Foods Market Mid-Atlantic Regional stores in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia with special events and demos over Mother’s Day weekend, May 11-13, 2018. The product is available in Whole Foods Market cold boxes at $3.49 per bottle. Future demos are scheduled in additional Whole Foods regional stores throughout the summer season.

Find out where to buy Me & the Bees Lemonade at a Whole Foods Market near you. Stay connected with Me & the Bees Lemonade and Mikaila, as she travels the world teaching kids about passion, social entrepreneurship, and how to save the honeybees.

For more information about Me & the Bees Lemonade, contact D’Andra Ulmer, Chief Marketing Bee, Me & the Bees Lemonade, 512-689-2203, D@meandthebees.com or visit www.meandthebees.com.

 

Prominent Organist and Pianist PJ MORGAN Releases Debut Jazz Single “Hit The Floor” and Announces Album – THE TRANSPARENCY PROJECT

Prominent Organist and Pianist PJ MORGAN Releases Debut Jazz Single “Hit The Floor” and Announces Album – THE TRANSPARENCY PROJECT

by | Apr 24, 2018 | Gospel

Paul Lawrence Morgan – “PJ Morgan” is best known as the Organist’s organist.  The Washington, DC native grew up in a musical family, getting his exposure to the Hammond organ in a small Pentecostal church where his family served.   After years of performing and playing in church, his big break into the music industry came when he was asked to fill in for a keyboardist who was unable to play for multiple award-winning Jazz musician Ben Tankard.  Impressed with PJ’s creativity and productivity both on and off the instrument, Tankard moved PJ to Nashville to be his Music Director and to assist in building his record company.  Since then, PJ has been on a blazing trail, playing in Gospel and mainstream genres, and earning well deserved accolades as a performer, producer, and teacher. 
In his career span, PJ has become a renowned musician and producer sought after by some of the most recognizable artists in the music industry: Bishop Paul Morton, Dorothy Norwood, Ben Tankard, Tramaine Hawkins, Pastor Shirley Caesar and Maurette Brown-Clark.  And, he has toured with Najee, Bobby Jones, Karen Clark Sheared, Ben Tankard, Yolanda Adams and William Becton.   
PJ is a 3X Stellar Gospel Music Award nominee for Producer of the Year and is currently the band director at Reid Temple AME, one of the largest mega-churches in the United States with over 20,000 members and 3 locations in the Washington Metropolitan area.  PJ graduated from Bowie State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Technology, and a minor in Classical Piano performance (Magna Cum Laude) and now teaches Composition and Theory at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC.
PJ has now recorded his debut solo instrumental jazz album THE TRANSPARENCY PROJECT.  His new album showcases PJ’s musical brilliancy with original Smooth Jazz compositions “Hit The Floor” and“Closer”, and allows his church influence to flow through his dynamic organ arrangements of classic hymns “Yes God Is Real” and “As The Deer”.  Vocalist Antonio Mclendon joins PJ on the beautifully orchestrated ballad “How”, while singer John Stoddart exudes all passion and heart on “All Out Of Tears”.
“Hit The Floor” will be impacting Smooth Jazz Radio formats in May and is available now on all digital music and streaming outlets.
THE TRANSPARENCY PROJECT gives PJ an opportunity to step into the spotlight as the featured musician, songwriter and producer.  THE TRANSPARENCY PROJECT is set to release June 1st via the Washington, DC based independent label 1DMV Music Group. 
SOURCE:
The SMG Report