Thrive Market’s beverage category manager Christine Dang talked to BevNET recently about the platform’s strategy evolution during and after the pandemic, how the direct-to-consumer model provides different challenges to the beverage category and how pack size and format play an integral role in curating the platform’s offerings.
Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week's special co-host is Sonia Shekar, the startup insights manager for Foodbytes by Rabobank, who shared her thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.
Emily Schildt, the founder and CEO of Pop Up Grocer, a specialty retailer known for its short-term locations and carefully curated selection of new and better-for-you products, spoke about its role as an “influencer retailer” and advertiser-first business model, how the company evaluates brand performance and why you might be surprised by its curation strategy.
In this week’s new products roundup, Pepsi celebrates the UEFA Champions League, Little Saints makes its first foray into the non-alc spirits category and sports drink Barcode adds a tropical flavor to its lineup.
The hosts assessed the fallout from a highly publicized claim of “copycat” branding (and the accuser’s subsequent apology), recapped a raucous pitch slam and shared a firsthand account of Omson’s rhapsodic rave. They also spoke about a somewhat controversial food and sampled plenty of tasty, trendy products in the studio.
Kiddiwinks is a line of 100% plant-based beverages in 7.5 ounce cans that aim to emulate the childhood staple, chocolate milk (plus a second flavor, Vanilla).
The Berlin-based cannabis lifestyle brand founder on the emerging edibles market, bringing women into the category and fighting stigmas with style.
Eddie Simeon, the co-founder of fast-growing mixer, bitters and soda brand Hella Cocktail Co., spoke about how the company has consistently pursued a thoughtful, and occasionally unorthodox, growth strategy that prioritizes strong unit economics and profitability, the synergistic relationship with its primary investor and how Hella’s three-founder team has been the backbone of its success.
Functional soda maker OLIPOP has announced the launch of its first ad campaign, “Real Love Makes Us,” starring Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Camila Cabello.
Community Call is a recurring series of open meetings dedicated to pressing topics impacting food and beverage businesses. This month, we welcome a range of guests covering topics such as current hiring trends, using social media to drive sales, how to scale your sales team, and avoiding deduction surprises.
The hosts explained how setting the trajectory of your company can often begin with a single pitch and sampled a variety of new innovative products, including bitter libations, zero-sugar sausage snacks and plant-based scallops. We also meet David Garci-Aguirre of Corto Olive, a super-premium brand of extra virgin oil that emphasizes freshness from harvest to plate.
In this week’s new products roundup, GHOST teams up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to create a new “Ooze” flavor, Fever Tree launches a new line of classic cocktail mixers and Joyburst splashes into the hydration scene.
From clothing to drinks? It could work for Sky High Farms. The New York-based non-profit has been around for decades and is built around the mission of delivering 100% of all produce and animal protein grown on its 40-acre farm to food pantries, food banks and other charitable organizations across the state.
As spring progresses and the flowers begin to bloom, so too do new releases from spirits makers like DIAGEO, PATRÓN and Lux Row. In this gallery, ZAKUSKA makes its debut in the vodka category, Elvis Whiskey pays homage to the ‘King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’’s favorite snack and Nikka announces the return of traditional statements to its U.S. portfolio.
