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Taste Radio: How Honeygrow Is ‘Perfecting The Algorithm’ Of Its Brand

Justin Rosenberg, the founder & CEO of Honeygrow, the innovative and rapidly growing fast-casual restaurant chain, discusses the company’s sourcing strategy and its focus on serving “great” ingredients and “amazing customer experiences,” how he evaluates service and quality at individual locations, and why day-to-day management of the business – not an exit strategy – is always top of mind.

Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): High Givings

Cannabis products maker oHHo is seeing (RED). The New York-based startup has partnered with international healthcare non-profit (RED) which is focused on fighting AIDS, malaria and other diseases worldwide.

Taste Radio: Prime & Messi’s Mas+ Do Battle. Who Benefits? Plus, We Dip & Bake.

Days away from BevNET’s winter events in Marina Del Rey, the hosts discuss the legal battle between lifestyle fitness brands Prime and Mas+ by Messi and why it may help one company more than the other, regardless of the outcome. They also sample a big brand’s take on an ethnic classic and explain their love/hate relationship with an emerging brand.

Taste Radio: The ‘Unapologetically Honest’ Way This Brand Sets Itself Apart

Josh White, the co-founder of pioneering canned water brand Cano Water, explains why he describes himself as “an accidental entrepreneur,” how a cold email helped the company land its first major retailer and how the brand is leaning into its British roots as it expands distribution into the U.S.

BevNET Live Winter 2024 is Just Two Weeks Away!

The leading event for the beverage industry is just two weeks away! More than 700 beverage industry professionals are already registered. Check out the agenda and attendee list and start planning your BevNET Live experience.

Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): Langers Jumps in on Cola

The family behind Langers Juice Company never imagined it would get into the soda category when it founded the health-minded business back in 1960. But in 2024, up is down and soda is good for you (well, better-for-you to be completely accurate).

Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): Lifeway Rejects Second Danone Purchase Offer

Lifeway Foods spent little time weighing a second acquisition offer from Danone North America, and the answer is still “no.” The kefir producer officially rejected Danone’s proposal this morning, which included acquiring all remaining Lifeway shares for $27 per share – around $307 million total.

Taste Radio: The Keys To Building An Iconic Brand? A Bit Of ‘Luck’ & And A Long-Term Vision.

Luke Boase, the founder of Lucky Saint, a fast-growing brand of non-alcoholic beer from the U.K., talks about why the brand’s potential for an iconic future has always been top of mind. He also explains how the company incorporates consumer insights and data into its retail pitches and how he thinks about competing with beer companies owned by or aligned with large strategics.