Grupo LALA, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that it has entered into a multi-year license agreement with Blue Diamond Growers to market and distribute Blue Diamond Almond Breeze® almond-based beverages in Mexico. As part of this relationship, Blue Diamond Growers will source almond-based raw materials and provide its technical and quality-oriented expertise with benefit of Blue Diamond's almond based innovation. Grupo LALA will provide local and regional market knowledge while leveraging its production and distribution capabilities. Blue Diamond Almond Breeze® will coexist with Grupo LALA's Vita Almendras beverage, which has a different formulation and product positioning. The products will enable LALA to participate in two different market segments; Blue Diamond Almond Breeze® expansion into the premium market and Soy Vita to address the mainstream, value market. The initial product launch is expected in the first quarter of 2019.