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Insider Benefit: BevNET Exclusive Data Reports in Partnership with CGA

As part of our exclusive data series for BevNET & Nosh Insiders, we’re partnering with CGA by NIQ, a trusted On Premise measurement, insight & research consultancy to food & drink businesses across the globe, empowering growth & shaping On Premise strategies for success.

Insider Daily Briefing: Is AI Marketing Backfiring?

Also in this edition: this week's new products, an exclusive interview with Eric LeGrand Bourbon, why Missouri has tamped down on "unregulated" cannabis products and distribution news from around the industry.

Taste Radio: Is Capital Starting To Flow Again? Plus, A New ‘Fast Track’ Emerges.

Does the announcement of a new $135 million fund offer any indication about the flow of new capital in food and beverage? The hosts discuss and also highlight a Poppi-infused snack, Walgreens’ private label prowess and some “notable” folks. We also feature an interview with five entrepreneurs who are drawing upon their experience and networks to support emerging brands via a new venture.

Taste Radio: LesserEvil Is Doing Good. Really Good. Attitude & Operations Are The Keys.

Charles Coristine, the CEO of high-flying better-for-you snack brand LesserEvil, talks about the company's self-manufacturing model and how it relates to retail strategy, innovation and gross margin, why making organic foods affordable is both moral and fiscally wise and what he’s learned about staffing, leadership and branding.

Taste Radio: When Innovation Goes Right… And, When It Goes Terribly Wrong.

There’s high praise, some head-scratching and outright dismay in this innovation-centric episode of Taste Radio. Among the highlights: an upstart labneh brand and a Gen Z-inspired line of better-for-you soda. Less appealing: a corporation’s commodification of ethnic foods and global flavors.

NielsenIQ: Non-Alc Beverage Sales Stay Healthy in Early July

Non-alcoholic beverage sales remained solid in early July as volume sales accelerated in the two-week period ending July 13, according to an analysis of NielsenIQ retail scanner data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research. Retail dollar sales grew +3.6% in the two-week period, compared to +3.9% in the four-week period.