COL5VID: The Youth for COVID-19 Relief in Colombia
February 28, 2021COVID-19
TACOMA, Washington COL5VID is an organization founded by Colombian students and young professionals who saw the necessity to do something positive for vulnerable communities in the middle of the chaos and widespread food insecurity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Colombia, around four million people don’t have access to basic supplies. COL5VIC’s main mission is to promote food security in affected families, distribute elements of primary necessity and create a nationwide movement among the Colombian youth to contribute to the economic reactivation of the country. The organization started with a team of 15 friends. However, with the help of social media, it rapidly grew into an international network of youth working toward COVID-19 relief in Colombia.
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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), which Fieldly credits to their loyal fan base and gyms being closed. Celsius says it has a 14% market share for energy drinks on Amazon despite being smaller than its competitors in size.
Because of the focus on health and wellness and clinical tests, Celsius products can be found in the natural retail channel, fitness stores and drug stores, along with large retailers and grocery stores.
“Given Celsius the same opportunity and shelf presence, we will turn as fast as some of the major brands in the category,” Fieldly said.
The CEO does not believe Celsius will need a partnership or to be acquired. He said the company can compete and it is seeing demand, with more than 150 distributors signing up to sell the product as the company shifts to more direct-store deliveries for major retail and convenience store brands.
By Kirk Maltais Wheat for March delivery rose 1.7% to $6.08 3/4 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday, with grain traders continuing to react to both a strike in Argentina as well an export tax on Russian wheat next year. Soybeans for January delivery rose 1.5% to $12.01 1/4 a bushel. Corn for March delivery rose 1.2% to $4.32 1/2 a bushel. HIGHLIGHTS International Scope: World-wide worries pressured wheat futures this week with concerns about a port worker strike in Argentina as well as a tariff on Russian grain exports taking center stage. It s not gone unnoticed that the strike has tied up 1.1 million metric tons of wheat at Argentina s ports, said Charlie Sernatinger of ED&F Man Capital. How nervous does that make the world consumer? he added.