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Another year is behind us and, as is tradition around here, we like to close out the calendar with a look back at what stories caught the most attention of our readers. As we count down to 2025, here’s a countdown of the Top 10 most read BevNET stories of 2024.
In this special edition of the podcast, we feature highlights from interviews with seven innovators, leaders and disruptors who joined us on the show during the second half of 2024.
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We’re not prognosticators. But we are a hopeful bunch. With a new year on the horizon, the hosts have five (actually, six) wishes for the food and beverage industry in 2025. Swift progress is unexpected, but these are reasonably achievable goals.
For a brand with a diminutive name, Small Town Cultures has big ambitions. Founder and CEO Cori Deans, talks about how she built a mission-driven fermented food company that is differentiated from legacy and upstart players and how it is attempting to expand the appeal and accessibility of probiotic-rich products via distribution in conventional grocery chains.
Articles about the decline in alcohol consumption and the rise of non-alcoholic options have gotten a lot of buzz lately. Looking at the sales data, it seems to ring true.
Over the L52 weeks, Spirits demonstrated the most value to Total BevAl, having held the largest share of $ sold.
In this week’s new products roundup, Ocean Spray jumps on the powdered beverage train, good2grow grows its BIGGER juice line, and LEVIA takes inspiration from an iconic Massachusetts restaurant’s Scorpion Bowl cocktail.
Did anyone see this coming? Last week, BevNET learned that the Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo plan to launch prebiotic, low-calorie sodas in 2025. How will their respective forays impact the fast-growing category and what does it say about potential acquisitions of leading brands Olipop and Poppi? The hosts weigh in.
The U.S. hemp-derived THC product market is expected to have 2024 annual sales worth $3.5 billion annually, growing to $4.4 billion by 2029. Brightfield Group estimates that sales of hemp-derived THC beverages nearly quadrupled from 2023 to 2024, growing from $102 to $382 million in annual sales, and are expected to hit $750 million by 2029 with a leading 14% CAGR.
This year, BevNET moved our coverage even deeper into spirits, RTD cocktails and a new generation of “adult” non-alcoholic drinks. It’s only fitting that we expand our awards to honor the work of entrepreneurs pushing these categories to new heights.
It might seem like coffee brands are rushing to enter canned cold brew, but for “beanless” varieties, RTDs seem to be falling out of fashion.
Get ready for our December Community Calls! This month, dive into key regulatory issues affecting CPG and unique paths to funding. Our December calls are free and open to the public—just register in advance and mark your calendar.
Spindrift is just one of many emerging brands trying to extend its platform into mocktails without actually extending its platform in the traditional ways, like new sub-brands or specialty lines. But why?