Lukas Southard is a Reporter covering the food and beverage industries across BevNET and NOSH.
Audio media giant iHeartMedia has invested an undisclosed amount in kombucha company Health-Ade in a deal that will leverage the media company's reach with consumers and bring the gut health beverage brand to new audiences.
Adult, non-alcoholic beverage retailer The Zero Proof was one of the early adopters of offering the sober curious community ecommerce options for non-alc beverages. Co-founder Sean Goldsmith talked to BevNET about the company’s expansion into wholesale and what he sees in the future for the non-alc set.
The sober curious movement has graduated from buzzy trend to industry mover with brands like Captain Morgan going zero-proof and investment flooding into new non-alcoholic brands. Now, technology companies are…
PepsiCo is moving on from plastic rings to recyclable paperboard for its 6-pack packages as it innovates its supply chain under its pep+ sustainability initiative.
Functional alkaline water brand Jovē has been building retail partnerships in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic and is preparing for a national push on the back of new format innovation, a hybrid distribution model and brand sponsorships.
Master Distiller Marianne Eaves has carved out a career in the often male-dominated whiskey industry as not only a commodity for blending innovative spirits but as a tastemaker for craft distillers.
Cycling Frog with help from the Hemp Beverage Alliance are fighting emergency regulations by New York State’s Office of Cannabis Management prohibiting the sale of hemp-derived THC products.
Better-for-you beverage brand Zevia was already seeing an impact from its brand refresh despite a Q2 with slumping sales primarily due to supply chain disruptions.
A Los Angeles County Superior court has ruled in favor of former employees of GT's kombucha company ordering it to pay over $450,000 in restitution over labor violations like wage theft, worker abuse and retaliation.
Building a following in exotically flavored glass bottles since 2017, Seven Teas has landed new distribution partnerships and increased consumer interest in the last year as it expanded into canned teas and lemonades.
Kombucha company Better Booch launched Cha, a 4-SKU line of prebiotic, sparkling teas, that capitalize on the growing market for gut-healthy beverages with functional benefits.
KDP announced this morning that it is investing $300 million in Philadelphia-based coffee company La Colombe, making it the second largest investor in the brand with a 33% equity stake and strengthening its ambitions of moving deeper into the RTD coffee category.
Frozen dessert maker GoodPop has stepped into the beverage category with a bubbly new sparkling kid’s juice drink line, complimenting its flagship line of better-for-you freezer pops.
A new generation of hard seltzers and canned cocktails are positioning in the RTD alcohol category offering Asian flavors and twists on traditional beverages that connect with the Asian-American community and capitalize on a cultural zeitgeist among mainstream American consumers.
