Taste Radio: Flops Or Future Hits? Rethinking Failed CPG Products.

Were they flops – or just ahead of their time? In this episode, the hosts dig into one of the food and beverage industry’s most intriguing debates: whether discontinued products failed because they were poorly conceived, or because the market simply wasn’t ready. They also debate whether returning some Reese's products to classic chocolate recipes could spark a ripple effect across the category.

Profile: Charm Tonic Puts Gen Z Lens on “Social Wellness”

A pair of young entrepreneurs in Minnesota have launched Charm Social Tonic, an adaptogen-powered mocktail that's gone from a university class project to making its retail debut at stores and cafes around the Twin Cities this spring.

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Vitamin Shoppe’s Beverage Buyer to Share Supplement Channel Strategies at BevNET Live NYC 2026

From brain health to protein to probiotics, from energy to electrolytes to recovery stacks, as the beverage business continues to find growth in functional product types, retailers with a strong grounding in the supplement world are becoming increasingly important parts of the retail footprint for entrepreneurial brands. To help explain how founders can take advantage of this ongoing shift, BevNET Live Summer 2026 will feature a talk with Nicolletta Payne, the Senior Director of Merchandising for The Vitamin Shoppe, where she leads the On-the-Go and Protein categories. In this role, Payne is responsible for the company’s wide-ranging beverage assortment.

SEC Sues Drake’s Organic Spirits For $2.4M In Investor Fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against Mark D. Anderson, the founder and former CEO of shuttered Drake’s Organic Spirits, alleging he orchestrated a years-long investor fraud scheme that raised $2.4 million.

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