Lukas Southard is a Reporter covering the food and beverage industries across BevNET and NOSH.
FUL Foods has relaunched its sparkling beverage as BLUwater complete with a packaging refresh and reformulated recipe that leans into the functional benefits and color of its hero ingredient, blue spirulina.
Laird Superfood showed “tremendous progress” in Q2 posting net sales of $10 million on the back of its DTC and ecommerce growth.
Food tech company GrubMarket has acquired distressed online grocery platform Good Eggs in the latest example of a highly competitive market for ecommerce food delivery companies.
The functional and THC beverage categories are seizing the opportunity at live music festivals to build brand awareness and recontextualize the overall festival experience while giving promoters a revenue boost among a growing base of consumers moderating their alcohol intake.
Keurig Dr Pepper reported single-digit net sales growth and margin expansion in its Q2 2024 earnings call amid challenges in coffee pricing and at-home consumption.
Joe Tea is is testing out its new canned format in three-SKUs as the company diversifies its distribution options into DTC, ecommerce and on-premise locations where glass bottles are prohibited.
Kava beverages have yet to fully catch on with consumers but established brands and new entrants to the category are taking differing approaches to latch onto the success in functional drinks.
BevNET Live Summer 2024 Day Two featured speakers talking about operating in a tough economic climate, how to work in conjunction with retailers to scale and what it means to build a brand platform.
Nixie is expanding out of flavored sparkling water and launching a line of organic, zero-sugar sodas in three, classic flavors: Classic Cola, Root Beer and Ginger Ale.
There’s no question that powerhouse national distributor UNFI’s new Simplified Supplier Approach (SSA) is more streamlined than previous agreements. But that’s about the only thing everyone will agree on.
U.K.-based liquor brand Quarter Proof is making its U.S. debut this month as it attempts to offer a "third way" to drink cocktails using its lower-ABV agave and grain spirits.
Massachusetts regulators officially put an end to the sale of hemp-derived CBD and THC products outside of dispensaries last week. Here's what it means for cannabis industry stakeholders in the state and foretells other regulatory moves throughout the country.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing a lawsuit against Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, the nation’s largest alcohol distributor, over its pricing practices, according to a Politico report published yesterday.
CBD and hemp-derived THC drink brand Flyers Cocktail Co. has revamped the packaging of its infused line to meet new consumers in fresh retail channels as it moves deeper into brick-and-mortar.
