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Ralph D. McRae
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Leading Brands, Inc.
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LEADING BRANDS, INC. SUBSIDIARY, QUICK.COM, INC.,
APPOINTS GERRY KENYON TO HEAD RETAIL OPERATIONS

VANCOUVER, CANADA, May 24, 2000 LEADING BRANDS, INC. (NASDAQ:LBIX), Canada's largest independent, fully integrated brand management company, is pleased to announce that Gerry Kenyon has been appointed Senior Vice-President and General Manager of Retail Operations for its subsidiary, Quick.com, Inc. With more than 30 years retail grocery experience, Mr. Kenyon is the former chief executive of a large retail grocery chain, with annual sales of more than $500 million US.

Leading Brands Chairman and CEO, Ralph McRae, said: "We are extremely fortunate to have attracted someone with Gerry's qualifications to our company. He has the talents, skills and experience necessary to build Quick.com™ into a strong contender in this space. We believe that he is the most senior retail grocery executive to join an online home delivery company and are proud to have him on our team."

Mr. Kenyon added: "I am impressed with the strategic vision for Quick.com™ developed by Leading Brands and its partners. Existing online home delivery companies seem to have failed in their efforts to design systems that can profitably serve the "last mile of e-commerce". I believe that Quick.com™ has created a proprietary system that solves that problem. I am excited about our ability to deliver an economic and fast growing alternative."

Quick.com™ is building a North American-wide home replenishment system for goods purchased over the Internet. Initially concentrating on the $500 Billion grocery industry, Quick.com™ will expand its offering to provide same day home delivery services to other e-tailers. Quick.com plans to commence operations in Vancouver during the Summer of this year.

About Leading Brands, Inc.:

Headquartered in Richmond, B.C., Canada, Leading Brands, Inc. is the largest independent food and beverage integrated brand management company in Canada. The Company's unique Integrated Distribution System (IDS) offers turnkey, one-stop shopping to food and beverage brand owners. Its Quick.com, Inc. subsidiary is building a consumer home replenishment system for the Internet economy.

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NOTE: Any statements that are not historical facts contained in this release are forward-looking statements. It is possible that the assumptions made by management for purposes of such statements may not materialize. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward-looking statements. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those relating to product demand, pricing, market acceptance, the effect of economic conditions, including currency fluctuations, intellectual property rights, and the outcome of competitive products, risks in product development, the results of financing effort, the ability to complete transactions, and other risks identified in this release and the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.