Children’s beverage company good2grow thinks it has found a way to reach young consumers long before they are old enough to buy their own beverages at the grocery store.

Monster Energy set sales records and hinted at changes to its Mutant line in a call with investors about its Q2 2018 earnings report, while Keurig Dr Pepper continues to integrate its two businesses in the weeks since the merger between Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple closed. and Keurig Dr Pepper each released Q2 2018 earnings reports this week,

Functional beverage brand Life On Earth has acquired Los Angeles-based The Chill Group, makers of natural relaxation drink line Just Chill.

Evolution Fresh, which is owned by Starbucks, has begun the initial rollout for a six-SKU line of organic kombucha at retailers in seven major U.S. cities: Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Boston and New York City.

Indra Nooyi is leaving PepsiCo as its CEO, ending a run of nearly quarter century of leadership roles at the company. In that time Nooyi became an influential and progressive voice for the beverage industry in corporate America.

Bend, Ore.-based kombucha maker Humm has developed a new proprietary fermentation process that the company says prevents the liquid from reaching an alcohol by volume (ABV) of over 0.5 percent.

The Coca-Cola Company’s fruitful partnership with one of New York’s powerhouse beverage distributors appears to be ending, as the soda giant confirmed it is pulling Honest Tea, Zico coconut water and Hubert’s Lemonade products from Big Geyser’s DSD network.

In California, a revised FAW issued by the state Department of Public Health effectively prohibits the sale of hemp-derived CBD products, while the debate over defining an identity for the plant-based dairy category moves forward.

Strong numbers for energy drinks and water fueled a 5 percent increase in total snack and non-alcoholic beverage sales during a four-week period ending on July 14, according to a report on Nielsen all-channel data by Wells Fargo Securities.

Convenience stores enjoyed a robust 4.2 percent estimated increase in non-alcoholic beverage sales in Q2, according to a survey of approximately 25,000 c-store retailers conducted by Wells Fargo Securities.

The New York-based matcha brand announced today the completion of an $8 million Series A round led by a slate of celebrity investors including DJ/producer Diplo (born Thomas Wesley Pentz), Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller, actor Ansel Elgort and singer Billie Eilish.

The types of beverages being offered in fountain service is changing, and helping shift the way users interact with and think about their selections at the point-of-sale.

Premium water brand Essentia expands its in-house creative team through a pair of new hires, while BOS Brands brings on a new U.S. managing director ahead of a national launch.