Taste Radio: When Landing Millions Starts With A ‘FirstLook’

What does it take for an emerging CPG brand to go from promising to investable? Brian Folmer, offers a behind-the-scenes look at how his “Shark Tank in a box” platform vets hundreds of brands before putting a select group in the hands of nearly 100 investors and how FirstLook Ventures takes that deal flow a step further by funding emerging companies alongside its investor community.

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New Beverages: Creatine, Protein, Caffeine and Everything In Between

All functional ingredients are welcome in this week's gallery, featuring new creatine-boosted launches from Sportsballer and Magna, protein drinks from Kate Farms and Super Coffee, both high (7 Brew) and low (Heist) caffeine, and THC thirst quenchers from Magic Cactus and RYTHM.

Calm Markets, Loud Headlines: Agrowgate Q3 2026 Supply Chain Update

The Q3 2026 Supply Chain Snapshot from Agrowgate finds beverage supply chains in a deceptively stable position. Markets have settled from some of the volatility seen earlier in the year, and overall supply remains functional, but that relative calm is masking persistent cost and availability pressures.

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Soft Pricing Leads to Non-Alc Beverage Deceleration

The non-alc category remained “healthy” but reported dollar sales growth of 3% in the two-week period ending August 8, compared with +3.5% in the four-week period, according to the latest analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.