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Jones Soda Co. Reports Fiscal 2012 Second Quarter Results

Cost Savings Initiatives Help Drive Improved Bottom Line Performance SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jones Soda Co. (the Company) (NASDAQ: JSDA), a leader in the premium soda category and known for its unique branding…

Review: Coba Horchata

Coba, which is a line of all natural authentic aguas frescas from Southern California, has expanded their lineup to include another classic aguas frescas: horchata.  Coba’s Horchata takes a slightly…

Bunnies & BevCos – Why the Annie’s IPO is Important to the Drinks Business

Since late March, the successful initial public offering (IPO) of natural foods company Annie’s Inc. (you’ve probably bought their macaroni and cheese before) has dominated market-related discussions within the natural products industry. One reason for this is that, unlike the technology industry, where IPOs frequently happen, consumer brands usually get acquired prior to achieving the size necessary to garner sufficient institutional investor interest to support going public.

Spotlight Category: Refrigerated Teas

As a subcategory of the RTD Tea group, these products seem to be growing even faster than their single-serve, grab-and-go counterparts, mostly because the refrigerated case is the home of some pretty hot brands, including Gold Peak and GTs Kombucha. GTs appears all over scan data categories, by the way, also showing up in a variety of juice and fruit drink categories.

Review: FOCO 100% Pure Coconut Water

Having been in the coconut water business for approximately 25 years, FOCO isn’t a newcomer to the coconut water category.  However, the brand is now attempting to make the jump…

BevNET’s 2012 Water Guide — Now Available

BevNET’s 2012 Water Guide is now available. It features over 100 companies that make bottled water, water enhancements (powders and tablets), and supplier and services companies that deal with companies…

Review: Evolution Fresh New Packaging + Coconut Water

Since being acquired by Starbucks in 2011, Evolution fresh has expanded its lineup, rebranded, and even opened a storefront in Bellevue, WA. Oh, and they’ve also added a new coconut…

Review: Chia Star

Chia Star is a new hydrated chia seed beverage that is currently available in part of the Northeast. Like some of the other chia beverages out there, this one goes…

Review: Steaz Super Fruit Iced Teaz

The latest addition to the Steaz Iced Teaz lineup is called “Super Fruit.” It blends USDA Organic and Fair Trade ingredients, including fruit juices, flavors, green tea, and sugar, to…

Review: Gorilla Cold Brew Coffee

While calling cold brew coffee a category is probably premature, there are a growing number of cold brew coffee products coming to market.  The latest is Gorilla Cold Brew, which…

Review: Voila! Juice

Voila! Juice is a San Francisco Bay Area juice company that has been in the juice business since 1978.  Their product lineup includes many flavors,  ranging from orange juice to…

Review: Rise Kombucha

Rise Kombucha is a Canadian based entry into the raw kombucha category.  It can be found  Whole Foods in Canada, where the selection of kombucha isn’t quite what it is…

Review: Mr. Pink Energy Drink

Mr. Pink is an energy drink whose most notable trait is its offbeat approach to its brand, which attempts to personify a color (at least when it comes to the…