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Ready-to-drink is the fastest-growing segment in alcohol. IO is the first premium RTD built in the Caribbean to an international specification — sourcing where the fruit grows, and selling where the category is exploding.

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Population, home market
11.6MPopulation, home market
Continents in the four-year plan
4Continents in the four-year plan
Owned lines at full build-out
2Owned lines at full build-out
Response time to partners
48hResponse time to partners

Why IO

Five reasons this works.

  1. 01

    The category is running

    Ready-to-drink is taking shelf space from beer and spirits in every market it enters. IO is positioned at the premium end, where margin lives.

  2. 02

    Cost base at origin

    We produce beside the fruit and the labour, not eight thousand kilometres away. That is a structural gross-margin advantage no importer can copy.

  3. 03

    A brand that travels

    Nothing about IO reads as regional. The design system, the naming and the site were built for a Miami chiller from day one.

  4. 04

    A pre-warmed second market

    The Haitian diaspora in the US, Canada and France is large, connected and brand-loyal — a distribution beachhead most launches have to pay to create.

  5. 05

    Asset-light scaling

    Owned production for the home market, contract co-packing for export. Volume grows without the capital base growing with it.

Market Opportunity

Where the volume is.

IO enters through a home market it can dominate, then follows trade routes and diaspora density into markets that already consume the category at scale.

Figures shown are illustrative of the plan’s structure. Audited financials, third-party market sizing and full projections are provided in the investor deck under NDA.

HAITI

Business Vision

Phase one is not about volume — it is about proof. Win the home market convincingly, at full price, and the export conversation changes completely.

Phase two follows the Caribbean trade corridors that already move goods daily, using established regional distributors rather than building a sales force from zero.

Phase three is diaspora-led. We enter Florida, New York and Montréal through operators who already serve those communities, then expand outward from proven accounts.

Scalability

How the model grows.

  • Production

    One owned line at launch, engineered for a second in parallel. Co-packing partners qualified in the Dominican Republic and Florida for export volume.

  • Distribution

    On-trade first to build the brand, modern retail second to build the volume. Exclusive territory agreements with performance clauses.

  • Portfolio

    Eleven SKUs on one liquid platform. New flavours ship without new equipment — line changeover, not capital expenditure.

  • Brand

    One global identity, three languages, zero market-specific redesign. Marketing spend compounds instead of fragmenting.

Distribution Strategy

Four moves, in order.

  1. 01

    Own the on-trade

    Hotels, beach clubs and the fifty venues that set taste. Branded coolers, trained staff, permanent visibility.

  2. 02

    Convert modern retail

    Supermarket and convenience listings follow demand that on-trade has already created — so we negotiate from strength.

  3. 03

    Appoint regional partners

    One exclusive distributor per territory, with volume commitments, marketing co-investment and clear performance triggers.

  4. 04

    Follow the diaspora

    Enter North America and Europe through importers already serving Caribbean communities, then widen into mainstream retail.

Manufacturing

Built to pass any inspection.

Production is specified to international food-safety standard from day one — because retrofitting compliance for export is how regional brands stay regional.
  • HACCP-based food safety plan, documented and externally auditable.
  • Cold-fill canning line with in-line carbonation control and seam inspection.
  • Full batch traceability from fruit intake to pallet, retained for 24 months.
  • Export documentation, labelling and allergen compliance prepared per target market.
  • Aluminium cans — infinitely recyclable, and the lightest premium format to ship.

Future Expansion

The four-year map.

  1. 2026

    Haiti

    National launch. On-trade first, then modern retail.

  2. 2027

    Caribbean

    Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Bahamas, Trinidad.

  3. 2028

    North America

    Florida, New York, Montréal — diaspora-led entry.

  4. 2029

    Europe & LatAm

    France, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Panama.

Next step

Request the investor deck.

Thirty-two pages: market sizing, unit economics, production plan, use of funds and the four-year model. Released under NDA to qualified investors and distribution partners.

Or write to us directly

invest@iobeverages.com