In this roundup of new product reviews, we try new beverages from Cuddle Sleep Health, A2 dairy latte maker Laurel's Coffee, canned spring water startup Father's Dear, and the latest flavor in Partake Brewing's Hop Twist line, Citrus.
H&H Bagels is a New York City institution. Its CEO Jay Rushin wants to make it an American staple. In this episode, Jay talks about how he helped H&H regain its relevance after the company fell on hard times, how he navigated some of the most challenging aspects of its turnaround and how H&H is attempting to align its storied history with modern culture and trends.
Consumer sentiment is finally improving, and the economy is solidly on the rise. View the full report in partnership with SPINS.
The Calexo team are professionals at pivoting. In their five years on the market, the four person co-founding team has moved their product strategy twice. Just when it settled on a product strategy, the California-based brand was kicked out of its home market.
Hemp-derived THC brands look toward new opportunities in the Southeast and other regions of the U.S. amid elevated interest in adult non-alc options, among other distribution news.
Before the sun set on a final Winter Fancy Food Show, the event cast a light on a swath of emerging, innovative and better-for-you brands. The hosts highlight a few of their favorite products exhibited at the show, and how package design, ingredients, form factor and taste helped them to stand out.
With its business growing amid a rising U.S. energy drink category, Monster Beverage Corporation expressed confidence in its widening product portfolio and its alcoholic drinks arm, Monster Brewing Company.
When Amanda Thomson launched Noughty Wines, a pioneering brand of dealcoholized wines, in 2019, she was, in essence, flying blind. In this episode, Amanda talks about how she charted an unknown path for a nascent category, why gaining the “absolute trust” of consumers is key to Noughty’s future and why she advises founders to consider what they want to achieve with their brands.
What lessons can we extract from the acquisition of Simple Mills and majority sale of Spindrift, valued at nearly $1.5 billion combined? The hosts talk about what these better-for-you brands did right and what made them attractive to strategic companies and investors. We also sit down with Marcin Malyszko and Amit Singh, the co-founders of purpose-driven cocktail brand Mission Cocktails.
Could sugary soda taxes make a resurgence again? At least in Beantown they are. The Boston City Council is set to debate a new sugary drinks tax after councilor Sharon Durkan called for a new $0.02 per ounce policy last week.
In this week’s new products roundup, Organic Valley ventures into oat-based creamers, Premier Protein unveils a line of dessert-inspired protein shakes and Pepsi adds a new flavor to its permanent portfolio.
BevNET & Nosh reached out to individuals from across the CPG world to hear their thoughts on some of the biggest questions and challenges of the new year.
What's in and what is on its way out for beverage in 2025? A panel of industry experts weighed in on what trends are hot, which are simmering and which ones are cooling off.
The packaged food and beverage industry continues to contemplate shifts in consumer eating patterns driven by expanded usage of appetite-suppressing GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy.
