Refresco

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Refresco is a Dutch owned contract bottler whose Truesdale, Missouri plant becomes the documented co packer for Prime Hydration. Under a 2023 three year agreement Congo Brands commits to at least 18.5 million twelve pack cases a year and Refresco installs a dedicated line for Prime's custom bottle, finished in March 2024. Congo never submits orders and Refresco files a 67 million dollar suit in Delaware Chancery Court in 2024. The case shows how a creator brand's demand collapse lands as idle capital equipment in a Missouri town.

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• makesPrime HydrationRefresco sues Congo Brands and Prime Hydration in Delaware Chancery in July 2024 for at least 67.7 million dollars over a three year take or pay deal to bottle Prime Hydration in custom 16.9 ounce bottles at its Truesdale, Missouri plant, at least 18.5 million cases a year, alleging Congo refused a final test run after the line was finished in March 2024; Congo says the agreement terminated on November 15, 2023. Chancery dismisses for lack of equity jurisdiction on January 16, 2025 and transfers the case to Delaware Superior Court, which on August 28, 2025 dismisses the declaratory count but lets the breach of contract and promissory estoppel claims proceed.2023 to 2024