The founding team includes Crux Fermentation Project's Paul Evers, his son Bobby, former Stumptown cold brew product developer Nate Armbrust, former LinkedIn director Steve Barham, marketing consultant Kevin Smyth.
The new 12 oz. cans of “High Octane” energy teas, launched in December for sale via the company’s website and Amazon, mark a large growth opportunity for Zest Tea, which is positioning the three-SKU line as an alternative to both coffee and traditional energy drinks.
From acquisitions to new investments and the rise (or fall) of various brands and categories, the impact of the past year will continue to be felt well into 2018. We’ve put together our list of the Top 10 Most Read BevNET stories of 2017.
Long Island Iced Tea Corp raises its stock and suspicions with pivot to blockchain; Nestle warned it lacks right to Californian water source; Juicero equipment to be auctioned off; Philz Coffee buzzed about as the next Blue Bottle
At BevNET Live Winter 2017 in Santa Monica, several entrepreneurs, some who sold stake in their company for private equity investment and some who left it on the table, offered their personal experiences dealing with the question of whether to stay independent or not.
In the opening presentation of BevNET Live Winter 2017 in Santa Monica, Calif. Andrew Henkel, SVP of brand growth solutions at SPINS, took a deep dive into the state of a beverage marketplace featuring tens of thousands of brands.
Purpose Tea launches in Albertson’s and Market Street stores; Humblemaker partners with Los Angeles Distributing Company; Soylent goes wide in California 7-Eleven stores; Sunniva Super Coffee grows presence in grocery
Nestlé Waters North America today announced the sale of ready-to-drink iced tea brands Tradewinds Tea and Sweet Leaf Tea Company to Dunn’s River Brands, a portfolio company of private equity firm Fireman Capital Partners based in Texas.
Recent investment in the company from Teall Investments is fueling plans for expanding distribution in the near future. In June, Teall acquired a majority stake in Sunshine Beverages.
From coconut water to kombucha, global trends can predict the next big category in the U.S. Observing the drinking habits of people around the world can reveal an early glimpse of what might be showing up in New York City bodegas and L.A. convenience stores in the near future.
Soylent founder and CEO Rob Rhinehart stepped down today, announcing in a blog post that it was time to “pass the reins” to a leader with more management and beverage industry experience. He will remain on the company’s board of directors as executive chairman and is the largest shareholder.
The second day of BevNET Live Winter 2017 at the Loews Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, Calif. took a deep dive into the internet’s total reconstruction of the marketplace.
A rocky divorce last summer saw Cost sue the company he founded to prevent the use of his name on zero sugar products, but today the dust, along with the lawsuit, has settled and both parties are looking to the future with ventures new and old.
The first day of BevNET Live Winter 2017 in Santa Monica probed the coffee category for answers on how entrepreneurs can handle competitions and asked retailers and consultants about how they think ecommerce is changing the marketplace for beverage.
