BevNET.com Staff

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Taste Radio: Plant-Based Spam? We Mull It Over. And Learn From Dash & Dough’.

The world needs plant-based spam. Nootropic beverages will make a comeback in 2025. T-shirts are the best brand swag. It’s buy-or-sell time, and the hosts transact in opinions. This episode also features interviews with the leaders of two fast-growing U.K.-based CPG companies: Jack Scott of Dash, and Kathryn Bricken of Doughlicious.

Elevator Talk: The Original Southside, Kyleigh’s Lemonade, Sozu, Neotein

Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week's special co-host is Courtney O'Brien, the founder and managing director of The Outlier Initiative, who shared her thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.

November Community Calls: A Month of Data Insights

This month, dive into data-driven promotion strategies, explore on-premise and off-premise trends for RTD alcohol, discover how women’s health trends are shaping the CPG landscape, understand the impact of ingredient trends and inflation on growth, and gain insights into the current state of brand investment.

Taste Radio: Why Trip’s Billion-Dollar Journey Begins And Ends With Obsession

Olivia Ferdi, the co-founder of calming beverage platform Trip, discusses how the brand’s philosophy of “product obsession” gave it a fast start and keeps it building towards a more promising future. She also explains why “the customer is sacrosanct” and how the company is applying lessons learned from success in e-commerce to its brick and mortar business.

ForceBrands Food and Beverage Salary Report

ForceBrands, the preferred strategic talent partner for consumer brands, has released its 2025 Consumer Brands Salary & Market Trends Reports. These reports offer strategic tools to build your workforce and guide your career. Inside, you’ll find insights to guide pivotal hiring, retention, and career development decisions.

Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): How Modern Soda Is Positioning For The Masses

There’s zero doubt that the beverage industry is experiencing a new wave of CSD innovation, but what we call this reimagining is still a little fizzy. Gut Health Drinks? Functional Pop? Or we could follow the lead of Walmart last week and just call it a clean and simple “Modern Soda.”

Taste Radio: Ghost’s $1 Billion Deal. What Are ‘Tomorrow’s Investors Looking For?

Another episode, another billion-dollar deal. In this case, the buyer (KDP), if not the brand (Ghost), is somewhat surprising. The hosts have their say. They also highlight a couple spicy collaborations, but are divided on one of them. We also speak with Lexy Prosszer, an investment principal at U.K.-based venture capital firm Btomorrow Ventures, which is focused on investments in innovative, functional brands.