HALL’S CULLIGAN WATER ACQUIRES PRESTIGE COFFEE/COFFEE TIME
Local Culligan Dealer Set to Prove That Great Water Makes Great Coffee

WICHITA, Kan. (June 29, 2007) – Wichita-based Hall’s Culligan Water, the state’s largest water treatment company, announces the acquisition of Prestige Coffee/Coffee Time, Wichita’s largest coffee service provider. Prestige Coffee/Coffee Time specializes in coffee and other hot and cold beverage products for businesses, industry, restaurants and convenience stores.

C.R. Hall, president and owner of Hall’s Culligan Water, owns and operates 12 Culligan dealerships in five states in the Midwest. The acquisition of Prestige will grow the company’s employee count by approximately 45 percent and add more than 50 trucks to the fleet.

Believing that great water makes great coffee, the melding of the two companies was an easy decision for Hall. “This business is a good strategic fit,” Hall said. “The customers and employees are first rate, both companies cover similar territories, and the addition of Prestige Coffee service will allow our employees to grow their markets and expand services for existing customers.”

“We are delighted that C.R. Hall will be taking over Prestige Coffee Systems and are confident that this strategic change will allow Prestige to grow and improve,” said Daron Cox, president of Prestige Coffee. “C.R.’s vision is a bright one and we trust him to continue to provide exceptional service and products to Prestige’s client base.”

This acquisition will result in the addition of expanded services available to all customers served by Hall’s Culligan Water and Prestige Coffee/Coffee Time. The menu of Culligan water options includes bottled water, filtered Culligan drinking water, products and services for in-home filtration, water softening systems, and commercial and industrial equipment.

Prestige Coffee/Coffee Time is a coffee service provider for businesses, institutional facilities, convenience stores, restaurants and coffee shops; and also offers other hot and cold beverage and food products. The company currently operates depots in the following cities in Kansas: Garden City, Great Bend, Liberal, Parsons, Salina, Topeka and Wichita; along with depots in Enid, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla.; Springfield, Mo. and Columbus, Neb.

C.R. Hall has been a Culligan dealer since 1988. Hall’s Culligan Water employs 173 people in 12 locations in Arkansas, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska, with corporate offices in Wichita, Kan. He is an active member in the Culligan Dealers Association of North America and the Water Quality Association, serving as past president of each.

Visit the company web site at www.hallswater.com for more information on Hall’s Culligan Water and www.prestige-coffeetime.com for information on Prestige Coffee/Coffee Time.


About Culligan

Culligan® improves quality of life by purifying its most essential element: water. For over 65 years, Culligan has been in the water business, delivering the refreshing, clean and pure water that has become the brand’s hallmark. Culligan specializes in bottled water, softeners and filtration systems for home, office and industry. For more information about Hall’s Culligan Water and its products visit www.hallswater.com.

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