Is the food and beverage funding freeze finally thawing? FABID’s Q1 2025 Report reveals a surprising rebound in deal size and investor appetite—just not where you might expect.
In a year clouded by economic uncertainty, you’d think investors would be clinging to their cash. But by the looks of things, maybe not? This episode also features an interview with acclaimed Boston-based chefs Jamie Bissonnette and Kenta Katagai as they take us behind the scenes of an unforgettable culinary collaboration.
It’s with great sadness that we’re writing to note the passing of Jack Craven, the Chairman of BevNET, father of our CEO and founder, John Craven, and father-in-law to our COO, Carolyn Craven.
This week's new product gallery is filled with powdered supplements, new flavor launches for insurgent beverage brands and a nod to warm weather with lemonade mixers.
Just in time for its 80th anniversary, Minute Maid is partnering with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to launch its ‘Bring the Juice’ multi-year platform that is “designed for longevity.”
We try La Colombe's indulgent draft latte, prebiotic iced tea Halfday's take on an Arnold Palmer, and Starbucks' return to energy drinks (again).
Plant-based milk brand Elmhurst 1925 is launching its three latest innovations into Whole Foods Market stores across the country; It’s been a big week for probiotic soda brand Culture Pop: along with a $15 million investment, it’s going nationwide with Target.
Ignite20 isn’t just cutting checks. The new $7 million venture capital fund and hybrid accelerator is lighting a fire under the next wave of CPG innovators. Gabriela Morales, Ignite20’s co-founder and managing director, talks about how the fund is rethinking early-stage investing.
The weather is warming up and innovation is heating up. This week’s new products feature a bevy of coffee innovations from Bones, Pop & Bottle, Community Coffee and Trade, as well as citrus soda launches from Mountain Dew and Poppi, and an All-Star collaboration between ITO EN and L.A. Dodgers phenom Shohei Ohtani.
Is 2025 the year of the acquisition? The hosts highlight two more headline-grabbing deals announced over the past week: Hershey’s $750M purchase of BFY snack maker LesserEvil and the sale of watermelon water brand Mela to King Juice. We also speak with Jesse Bongiovi, who alongside rockstar father Jon Bon Jovi co-founded Hampton Water Wine, a rosé brand that’s taken the industry by storm.
Looking for an incentive to use your accrued PTO? Well, Halfday has you covered. The canned iced tea maker is encouraging consumers to “take a half day on us” with its newest ad campaign, giving cash to 100 people to make the most of their unused PTO.
This week we check out new releases from Millie Bobbie Brown's Florence By Mills Coffee and a limited-release collaboration between celebrity chef Guy Fieri and Waterloo. We also check out OHMG, a U.K. import that highlights magnesium as its hero ingredient.
Even after 15 years and a majority sale of the company he founded – one reportedly valued at over $650 million – Bill Creelman remains convinced that Spindrift is just at the beginning of a “real” revolution.
In the latest new ready-to-drink roundup, Limoncello makes a comeback thanks to two brands, Mom Water spikes the spa water with a Cucumber Citrus release, and BeatBox is giving big dill energy with a limited-edition pickle margarita.
