Leading Brands, Inc. Announces Share Repurchase Program

Leading Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBIX), North America's only fully integrated healthy branded beverage company, announces that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program for the repurchase of up to $500,000 US (approximately $540,000 Cdn at present exchange rates) of the Company's outstanding common stock. As of September 9, 2009 the Company had 19,958,124 shares outstanding.

The repurchase program has been initiated by the Company to acquire its shares, which the Company believes to be undervalued at recent prices.

The repurchase program will commence as soon as possible and expire upon the expenditure of the committed amount, is subject to applicable laws, the insider-trading window periods imposed by the Company's trading policy and may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Company's Board, without prior notice. Under the program, the Company may, but is not required to, purchase shares of its common stock from time to time through open market or privately negotiated transactions, as market and business conditions permit. Any repurchased shares will be returned to authorized but unissued shares of its common stock.

About Leading Brands, Inc.

Leading Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq:LBIX) is North America's only fully integrated healthy beverage company. Leading Brands creates, designs, bottles, distributes and markets its own proprietary premium beverage brands via its unique Integrated Distribution System (IDS)(tm) which involves the Company finding the best and most cost-effective route to market. The Company strives to use the best natural ingredients hence its mantra: Better Ingredients -- Better Brands.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information contained in this press release includes forward-looking statements. Words such as "believe," "expect," "will," or comparable terms, are intended to identify forward-looking statements concerning the Company's expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, objectives, future events or performance and other developments. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to the Company on the date hereof. Such statements speak only as of the date hereof. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's estimations and projections are disclosed in the Company's securities filings and include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions, weather conditions, changing beverage consumption trends, pricing, availability of raw materials, economic uncertainties (including currency exchange rates), government regulation, managing and maintaining growth, the effect of adverse publicity, litigation, competition and other risk factors described from time to time in securities reports filed by Leading Brands, Inc.

Better Ingredients -- Better Brands(tm)

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SOURCE: Leading Brands, Inc.

CONTACT:  Leading Brands, Inc.
(604) 685-5200
info@LBIX.com

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