Six beverage startups emerged from a field of 12 contestants to secure a spot in tomorrow’s final round of New Beverage Showdown 28 at BevNET Live Winter 2024, presented by Coca-Cola North America New Revenue Streams.
At the conclusion of each year, BevNET honors the companies, brands, individuals, products, ideas and trends that have helped drive positive growth across the industry over the last 12 months. The winners of BevNET’s Best of 2024 Awards embody that spirit and drive, combining inspiration with effort, style, dynamism and personality.
BevNET Live Winter 2024 kicked off with a spirits-themed Sunday afternoon featuring panels on the state of the RTD cocktail category and a new victor in BevNET’s annual Cocktail Showdown.
When in Los Angeles, you know the hosts are making an Erewhon run. As they sift through bags of new, innovative and unusual beverages and snacks purchased at the high-end retailer, the hosts discuss Erewhon’s reputation as a launching pad for emerging brands. We also sit down with Nicola Hart and Leon Pullin of Agua De Madre, a London-based brand of water kefir and other functional beverages.
It might not be too surprising that a lifestyle company built around water bottles and travel mugs is extending itself into hydration beverages… it's a tale we know all too well. Simple Modern joined the fray this week, entering into the stick pack electrolyte drink category with the launch of Trevi Enhanced Hydration.
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.
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.
Any hope of containing the rapidly-escalating global plastic waste crisis seems to have melted down after international negotiations on a framework to curb pollution collapsed over the weekend.
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.
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.
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.
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).
San Francisco-based flavored water brand Hint announced it has landed two seasoned beverage executives as new leaders for the company.
In this week’s NPG, we settle in for a hot cup of “Death,” call up Three Spirit for botanical drink, and highlight a new set of collagen-packed kefirs from Lifeway.
