Brad Avery

Brad Avery

Senior Reporter

Brad is a Reporter for BevNET.com.

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From X to Z: Clearly Canadian Builds Modern Brand on Nostalgic Bedrock

Clearly Canadian has experienced the heights of success and the depths of bankruptcy. Now the Toronto-based sweetened sparkling water brand is figuring out how to strike the right balance between 1990s nostalgia and the modern, better-for-you beverage business.

Chamberlain Coffee’s Influencer Founder Emma Chamberlain Takes Co-CEO Mantle

Emma Chamberlain is getting a big promotion at her namesake coffee brand. Chamberlain Coffee announced today that she has been named co-CEO of the company, to serve alongside the brand’s former COO Gustav Hossy. The duo are replacing Christopher Gallant in the chief executive role.

Reed’s: Net Sales Gain, Losses Fall in Q2 Earnings

Reed’s, Inc. continued to make strides in its turnaround efforts during Q2 2024, showing a double-digit increase in net sales and further reduction in operating losses in Q2. Net sales in Q2 were up 19% year-over-year to $11.9 million.

Dry Drinks Curator Sèchey Soaks Up New Funding from InvestBev

As it looks to expand its own branded line of NA wines in retail this fall, no- and low-alc drinks “curator” Sèchey announced last week it has received an investment from adult beverage-focused private equity firm InvestBev. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The Guys Making PRIME Glow: Label Tech Player CTI Scaling Under New Leadership

For 31 years, Colorado-based Chromatic Technologies Inc. (CTI) has been a leader in beverage packaging innovation, pioneering temperature-sensitive thermochromic inks for products like Coors Light’s famous color-changing cans. Now, under new leadership for the first time since its founding in 1993, the firm is working to scale operations and keep its innovation pipeline full.

PRIME Violates Trademarks, Claims U.S. Olympic Committee

Logan Paul and KSI’s PRIME Hydration has caught the ire of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), which filed a lawsuit against the sports drink brand last week alleging it violated the committee’s trademarks on the packaging of its recent collaboration with NBA star and Team USA member Kevin Durant.

Pernod Ricard Spins Out American Whiskey Subsidiary

Pernod Ricard is honing in on its American whiskey ambitions with a new U.S.-based subsidiary, North American Distillers (NADL), responsible for global operations for all of its American whiskey portfolio brands.

NielsenIQ: Non-Alc Beverage Sales Decelerate in Late June

Non-alcoholic beverage sales growth remained healthy despite some deceleration in the two-week period ending June 29, according to the latest analysis of NielsenIQ retail scanner data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.

Alliance Consumer Growth Closes $160M Fund V

Growth equity investment firm Alliance Consumer Growth (ACG) announced today it has closed on a new, $160 million fund, the company’s fifth. The new fund brings ACG’s lifetime financing to over $1 billion in aggregate capital commitments, the firm said.

BevNET Live: Retailer Profile – Lowes Foods

In this video from BevNET Live Summer 2024, Lowes Foods SVP of merchandising Glenn Figenholtz walks through the chain’s experiential approach to grocery shopping that includes bells, beer dens and the Chicken Dance.