Lukas Southard

Lukas Southard

Senior Reporter, BevNET & NOSH

Lukas Southard is a Reporter covering the food and beverage industries across BevNET and NOSH.

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Low-ABV Brands Aim To Prove They’re More Than ‘Diet’ Wine

Low-ABV wine is trying to thread the needle between non-alc and moderating consumers by offering a product that assuages the health concerns of alcohol consumption while maintaining the flavor and experience of traditional wine.

CA Closing Door On Hemp-Derived THC Products

Citing concerns over public health, California's Governor Gavin Newsom proposed on Friday an emergency regulation that will heavily restrict “intoxicating hemp products.”

Foxtrot Prepares For Its Second Act

As Foxtrot Café & Market prepares for its return, the retailer is leaning into its coffeeshop aesthetic while CPG brands weigh whether they want to partner again.

A Drink With… Little Saints’ Megan Klein

Little Saints founder and CEO Megan Klein talked with BevNET about the existential challenges of operating a NA brand, learning its customers' needs and the strength of being digitally native as the brands grows.

Betting On BLU: Spirulina Beverage Rebrands

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.

GrubMarket Acquires Good Eggs

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.

Sober Festival Goers Seeing New NA Options

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.