WA Beverage Group, Inc. is certified by the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC), Fulton County, the City of Atlanta, the City of Houston, Baltimore/Washington, D.C. Minority Supplier Development Council, Virginia Supplier Development Council, Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council, and shares reciprocal agreements with all other minority supplier development councils in the United States. The company is also a member of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Houston Business Council.

EWA Beverage Group, Inc. was also the exclusive minority broker/distributor for Suntory Water Group, Inc., and was partner with Crystal Springs Water in providing bottled water to all the 1996 Olympic athletes and selling at all Olympic venues and concession locations.

Selected awards include the following:

�	Delta Air Lines Supplier of the Year 1998
�	Finalist for Supplier of the Year 1997 & 1998, GMSDC
�	Supplier of the Year 1998, GMSDC
�	U.S. Small Business Administration�s Administrator�s Award for Excellence in Service 1998
�	Finalist for Subcontractor of the Year 1998, U.S. Small Business Administration
�	Minority Joint Venture Partner with Suntory Water Group as exclusive provider of bottled water to the 1996 Olympic Games
�	NMSDC Advanced Management Education Program, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1999