Martín writes news articles and feature stories covering the non-alcoholic beverage industry for BevNET. A graduate of Boston University, Martín's previous work has appeared in USA Today, The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald.
Consumer water technology company Mitte has secured a $10.6 million seed round of investment led by Danone Manifesto Ventures (DMV), the venture capital arm of French food and beverage conglomerate Danone. DMV is focused on providing financial capital to innovative and healthy food and beverage companies.
Hydration powder mix brand Liquid I.V. today announced the close of a $5 million Series B round of fundraising led by San Francisco-based online investment platform CircleUp Growth Partners and includes powerhouse music manager Scooter Braun.
California bans new soda taxes for the next 12 years, while also moving to remove sugary drinks as the "default beverage" item at kids' menus at restaurants. Also, Red Bull wins a trademark lawsuit and Coca Cola Refreshments USA settles a bias complaint for $2.25 million.
Malk Organics is now available nationwide at Whole Foods, while Protein 2o makes a push into the South and KeHE lands a pair of new functional beverage brands.
Overall snack and non-alcoholic beverages sales were up 5 percent during a four-week period ending on August 11, according to a report on Nielsen all-channel data by Wells Fargo Securities.
PepsiCo this morning announced it has entered into a $3.2 billion agreement for the purchase of Israel-based SodaStream International Ltd., makers of tabletop machines that allow users to make carbonated water in reusable bottles.
Celsius has named Edwin Negron-Carballo as the company's new CFO, who told BevNET his experience in supply chain logistics and distribution can help correct inventory shortfalls that impacted the company's Q2 earnings. Also, NWNA and Kohana Coffee get new hires, while Hoist appoints an advisory team.
New Age Beverages reported revenues of $15.2 million for the second quarter of 2018, a 2 percent decrease from the same period last year, in an earnings call yesterday.
The Coca-Cola Company today announced it has agreed to purchase a minority stake in BodyArmor, a move that will see the sports drink brand exit its distribution partnership with Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) and enter Coke’s nationwide bottling system.
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.
