What’s good for MAHA may not be so nice for Big CSD. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is moving quickly to approve state requests to pull soda and candy from the Supplemental Food Assistance Program (SNAP), the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
The Ryl Company, maker of functional canned beverage brand Ryl Tea, has closed a $15 million funding round as it looks to accelerate into “hyper-growth” and increase its retail footprint 4x this year.
Diageo is teaming up with consulting and investment firm Main Street Advisors for a strategic joint venture that swaps out the spirits giant’s majority ownership of Cîroc Vodka in North America for a majority stake in basketball legend Lebron James-backed Lobos 1707 Tequila.
Functional beverage startup Wet Hydration has closed a $4.5 million funding round, backed exclusively by private investors, as the brand looks to amp up its market presence this year with new innovation and key new personnel hires, including a former Celsius sales executive.
Operating under the company’s Tilray Wellness better-for-you food and beverage division, the launch comes after Tilray bought HiBall from Anheuser-Busch InBev in an $85 million cash deal that also included eight craft beer brands.
Flow Beverage Corp.’s co-packing business fueled double-digit growth in Q1, according to the Canadian water company’s latest earnings report this morning, while branded CPG sales remained down.
At Natural Products Expo West 2025, we spoke with Perry CEO Vasa Martinez about the brand's approach to marketing; from the wacky to the more grounded, such as the company’s focus on its benefits for diabetic consumers.
PepsiCo announced this morning it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Poppi for $1.95 billion, officially bringing the CSD giant into the next gen functional soda set.
With its Conway, Arkansas production facility now fully operational, Westrock Coffee Company is projecting significant growth this year, according to the company’s latest earnings report this week.
The medical-grade meal replacement brand announced today the launch of a new line of plant-based Kids Nutrition drinks into 302 Target locations across the country, as well as online at Target.com, marking a major expansion outside of the medical channel and into mainstream retail.
Black Rifle Coffee Company’s revenue took a hard hit in Q4 2024 as sales dropped double-digits in the quarter, according to the brand’s latest earnings report this morning. But, the company said, that decline is in part due to growing pains as the brand increases its attention on wholesale and RTD products.
The SODA line is launching with five flavors, including a few that look to step off the beaten path of offerings by mainstream soda brands: Concord Freeze, Ginger Ale, Orange Cream Float, Shirley Temple and Strawberry Shortcake.
Northeast distributor Dora’s Naturals is out of the High-Pressure Processing business as the company has sold its HPP assets to Universal Pure Holdings LLC, a cold chain food safety solutions provider.
Way back in 1995, 15-year-old GT Dave began brewing his first batch of kombucha in his childhood home. Flash forward 30 years, and what was once, for American consumers, an obscure, fermented Asian tea drink is now a multimillion dollar beverage category with a presence in just about every major retail channel across the United States.
