Why is a performance energy and protein brand expanding into the breakfast set? Ghost Lifestyle co-founder, CEO and self-described “cereal aficionado” Daniel Lourenco said “that’s the easiest question of all.”
Hemp-based beverage brand Flyers Cocktail Co. announced this week that it closed a Series Seed funding round led by cannabis-focused investment firm Delta Emerald Ventures. Now the brand’s co-founder and CEO Craig “Lewie” Lewis says the company is off the ground and cruising.
BUBBL’R is going nationwide in Target, bringing the Wisconsin-based sparkling water brand to top coastal beverage markets for the first time. Developed and owned by Pepsi-Cola bottler Wis-Pak, BUBBL’R produces a line of functional sparkling waters containing antioxidants, vitamins and 69 mg of caffeine per 12 oz. slim can.
Five years ago, seemingly every food and beverage brand was incorporating CBD into its innovation strategy. Of course, that’s no longer the case. What generated the hype, and what lessons can be drawn from CBD’s rapid rise? The hosts discuss. They also sip and snack their way through an unusual mix of products, including hot dog water (!), crispy beef jerky, candy-flavored coffee and “lox in a box.”
Reed’s, Inc. saw net sales decline to $44.7 million in 2023, down from $53 million in 2022, even though the ginger beverage maker posted its sixth consecutive quarter of improvements to operating expenses.
As hemp-derived delta-9 beverages shake up the market, state legislatures are scrambling to regulate the sudden influx of THC-infused products. In Massachusetts and Rhode Island, a new industry group – the Adult Beverage Association (ABA) – has formed to help guide the law.
Carving out a larger portfolio of non-alcoholic brands, White Claw maker Mark Anthony Brands is partnering with soccer legend Lionel Messi to launch a new hydration beverage this summer, the company announced today.
Happypop, a brand of functional energy drinks created by Koia co-founders Maya French and Dustin Baker, saw online sales leap over 31,000% last week when TikTok creator Emmy posted a video about discovering a “happy” drink she had been buying.
Premium water maker Hawaii Volcanic has inked a distribution deal with top U.S. bottled water manufacturer BlueTriton to service the Hawaii-based brand in retail, home and office accounts through its ReadyRefresh Direct Delivery platform.
As it looks to scale up to meet fast-rising demand for new innovations, Liquid Death announced this morning it has closed a $67 million funding round at a valuation of $1.4 billion. The financing adds to the more than $200.6 million the better-for-you beverage maker has raised since 2019, while the new valuation is double the $700 million valuation it touted following its Series D round closed in 2022.
Dyla has seen revenue increase by over $30 million in the past year, “well over” the $100 million mark, as it has sold “over 1.5 billion liquid and powder servings of drink mix,” founder and CEO Neel Premkumar told BevNET this week.
ROAR Organic announced today it has received a $10 million investment from equity stakeholder Factory LLC, aimed at supporting the hydration beverage brand as it experiences recharged growth in national retail.
Non-alcoholic beverage sales decelerated slightly as volume declines worsened during the two-week period ending February 24, according to the latest analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
The Amazon-owned grocery chain announced today that it will begin opening up new “small-format” stores, called Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, for quick trips in several urban markets, beginning with a Manhattan location this fall.
