BevNET.com Staff

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Spirits: New RTD Cocktail Releases From OTR, Dogfish Head, Jim Beam & More

With summer quickly approaching, we’re rounding up the newest ready-to-drink cocktail releases. In this gallery, major players like On The Rocks, Jim Beam and Dogfish Head drop new flavors, High Noon makes its first foray into hard tea and Crystal Head capitalizes on the Espresso Martini craze.

Taste Radio: What Keeps Emma Chamberlain Up At Night? It’s Not The Coffee.

Chamberlain Coffee founder Emma Chamberlain and CEO Christopher Gallant join us for a conversation about the brand’s growth strategy and why its identity is anchored by love and modernity. We also unpack Albertsons’ merchandising strategy with Buster Houston, its VP of national merchandising.

Taste Radio: Walmart Is Getting ‘Better.’ But Will Brands Benefit?

When the world’s largest retailer launches a private label brand of better-for-you and affordable food and beverage staples, it stands to reason that their customers will benefit. But how will Walmart's new bettergoods brand impact its existing CPG suppliers? The Taste Radio crew weighs in.

Taste Radio: For Elizabeth Banks, Entrepreneurship Is Like Acting: Unconventional Is The Only Way

Hollywood multi-hyphenate Elizabeth Banks and entrepreneur Marian Leitner, the co-owners of fast-growing canned wine brand Archer Roose, speak about the origins of their relationship; incorporating a sense of adventure, breaking rules and relatable humor into Archer Roose’ marketing strategy; and why entering Target meant being about “to swing at a pitch they could hit.”

BevNET & Nosh Community Calls This May: Thriving on Sprouts’ Shelves, Foxtrot Fallout, Strategic Customer Collaboration, and Building Your Dream Team

Get ready for our May Community Calls! This month, learn what to do when a key account disappears, how to leverage NCG to amplify sales and distribution, find advisors and assemble a board, curate a winning portfolio with customer feedback, and get on shelf at Sprouts. Our May calls are free and open to the public - just register in advance and mark your calendar.

BevNET Launches New Press Release Portal

With our new self-service press release portal, you can get your press release / news posted more quickly with increased control over formatting AND the ability to make changes after publishing.

Review: Bear Maple Sparkling Ginseng Elixirs

Bear Maple recently entered the beverage landscape with its first offering, a line of "sparkling ginger elixir" beverages. Positioned as a healthier alternative to classic carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), these elixirs combine ginseng's purported health benefits with the simplicity of clean, natural ingredients for an easy-to-enjoy drink.

Foxtrot Fallout: Brands, Distributors React As Retailer Shuts Down

Outfox Hospitality’s former partners are waking up to a new world this morning after the company pulled the equivalent of a corporate Irish Exit yesterday by immediately shutting all 33 Foxtrot and two Dom’s stores nationwide.

Taste Radio: Raising Capital? BFG’s $125M Fund Should Be In Your Sights.

Tom Spier and Dayton Miller, managing partners of BFG Partners, a venture capital firm with investments in several high-profile and fast-growing brands, including Olipop and Graza, dive deep into investment strategy, their evaluation of fast-growing categories, how they assess gross margin in the near- and long-term lifecycle of a brand and what a polished pitch says about a founder.