Taste Radio’s hosts riffed on Bang founder/CEO Jack Owoc’s unforgettable on-stage appearance at BevNET Live Summer 2022, M&A headlines in beer and food, why it’s important to stay connected to our newsrooms and notable new products, including a fizzy drink inspired by Korean cuisine. We also feature our latest edition of The Maxi Minutes in which we discuss what investors don’t want to hear in a pitch.
Parch is a new line of sparkling non-alcoholic cocktails that are infused with desert botanicals and adaptogens. The drinks are made with the company’s own non-alcoholic agave spirit, which they say is inspired by the Sonoran Desert.
As the summer heat begins to stick around, ready-to-drink cocktail makers are rolling out new formats and flavors hoping to win a spot in beachgoers' coolers. Check out this gallery for sports-themed vodka cocktails, Joe Jonas’ line of Fizzy Sangrias and Skrewball’s new on-the-go format.
Ibraheem Basir, the founder and CEO of A Dozen Cousins, a brand of ready-to-eat meals and sides inspired by traditional Black and Latino recipes, spoke about how the brand’s initial focus has evolved, why keeping “a foot in the familiar” is a key tenet of its innovation strategy, the reason the company isn’t vocal about funding and how opportunities have improved while challenges remain for BIPOC food entrepreneurs.
Tepache Gold is a new RTD take on tepache, (a traditional Mexican sparkling fermented beverage made with pineapple, that comes packaged in 12 ounce cans. The line comes in three flavors – Wellness Blend, Spicy Mango and Traditional. For this review, we sampled Wellness Blend and Spicy Mango.
This week’s collection of new beverages includes the debut of Jones Soda Co’s new cannabis-infused soda brand, Mary Jones, a new formula launch from alcohol recovery brand NextDay and fruity summer flavors from HOP WTR and Aura Bora. Plus, Monster Energy unveils its first-ever cold brew products.
California-based Rhythm has a new partner, recently signing with Tufo’s Wholesale Foods in New York City, marking the first time the Bronx-based distributor has carried a hemp-infused beverage.
Yanni Hufnagel, the founder and CEO of Lemon Perfect, spoke about his ambitious vision for the fast-growing enhanced water brand, the parallels between coaching college basketball and running a beverage company, why nailing “the big decisions” has been critical to the brand’s development, how his perspective on gross margin has evolved and why Lemon Perfect has invested heavily in field sales.
Taste Radio’s hosts reflected on the return of BevNET and NOSH’s summer events to New York City, the accessibility of admired brand leaders and top retail executives at NOSH Live, the palpable camaraderie among entrepreneurs meeting each other for the first time in person at BevNET Live and why taste and story inspired the strongest reactions for judges in the events’ brand competitions.
Bang Energy boss Jack Owoc offered both aggression and optimism during a talk at BevNET Live Summer 2022 on Thursday, dismissing “haters” and “negativity” while encouraging beverage entrepreneurs to stay true to their core principles and to avoid the mistake of chasing overnight success.
Jen Batchelor, the co-founder and CEO of Kin Euphorics, a pioneering brand of non-alcoholic social tonics, joined the podcast for an expansive conversation about the inspiration for and development of Kin, how Soylent provided a rough template for the company’s business strategy and D2C success and how she applied learnings from success at upscale retailer Erewhon to other chains.
In this week’s roundup of new beverages, Olipop rolled out a new limited edition soda flavor inspired by Illumination’s Minions, KUL MOCKS unveiled its 3-SKU Adventure Collection and Montauk rolled out Lemon Tea amid rapid sales growth in the Tri-State.
Although summer solstice is still a ways away, the season has unofficially arrived in the form of seven new ready-to-drink cocktails and mocktails. In this gallery, we highlight the first-ever canned cocktail lines from Kraken Rum and New Amsterdam Vodka and several modern twists on classic drinks from Uncle Tim’s.
Venture capital firm PowerPlant Partners announced an investment in and partnership with holding company SYSTM Brands today to launch SYSTM Foods, a new platform focused on acquiring sustainable and socially conscious food and beverage brands. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
