Jul 3, 2025BevNET Live: What Strategics Want and How Your Brand Can Get Their AttentionInnovative trendsetters? Profitability-minded business plans? Big, big revenues? All of the above? Trying to figure out just what a major beverage strategic is…
Jun 20, 2025Last Updated Jun 20, 2025Gen Z Is Thirsty For Soda & Innovation, Says Keurig Dr Pepper Trend ReportAmong the more broad takeaways, Keurig Dr Pepper’s (KDP) first-ever State of Beverages Trend Report provides some notable insights into how CSDs are evolving…
Jun 10, 2025Last Updated Jun 10, 2025On the Ryse: Protein-Boosted Energy Drink Puts Brand’s RTD Strategy In FocusThe bridge between the sports supplement market and mainstream health and wellness retail has been well traveled in recent years, and Ryse is hoping a…
May 30, 2025Last Updated May 30, 2025New Products: Ryse Powers Up, Joyburst Launches ‘Super’ Soda, Plus Halfday & Ghost LTOsThis week’s new product gallery features a new energy drink from Ryse that aims to expand its budding platform, a first look at one of two new launches from…
May 21, 2025Last Updated May 30, 2025Tractor Lands $15M As Marketing Tour Brings Brand ‘Out in the Wild’The organic, non-GMO beverage company is embarking on a guerilla-style nationwide marketing campaign emphasizing its connections to independent farmers and…
May 14, 2025Last Updated May 16, 2025Sales Rise Over Easter, But Will They Keep Up?Some categories enjoyed a sales lift during the Easter holiday: in the 4-wks, CSDs (+6.5%), energy drinks (see below), and non-alc beer (+25.6%) picked up…
May 13, 2025Last Updated May 13, 2025Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): Coffee Prices By The NumbersThat morning cup-a-joe burning a hole in your pocket? You’re not the only one. The average price of ground roast coffee hit a peak last month, topping $7.50…
Apr 29, 2025Last Updated May 16, 2025Strong Soda: Don’t Quit Launching Protein CSD This SummerSports nutrition brand Don’t Quit announced today the forthcoming launch of a four-SKU line of Protein Soda in July as well as the closing of a $15 million…
Apr 29, 2025Last Updated Apr 29, 2025Legal: Mondelez Tells Ghost Hands Off Our ‘Kids’; Ex-Celsius VP Gets 13 MonthsTwo Mondelez subsidiaries in Illinois are demanding Ghost stop marketing products featuring Sour Patch Kids, Chips Ahoy!, Swedish Fish, Oreo and other…
Apr 24, 2025Last Updated Apr 29, 2025Keurig Dr Pepper: CSD, Energy Gains Boost U.S. Bevs +11%Healthy growth from its revamped U.S. Refreshment Beverage division helped Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) offset sluggishness in its coffee segment, and deliver the…
Mar 5, 2025Last Updated Mar 5, 2025Bloom Expands in RTD with Prebiotic Soda Launch This FallBloom Nutrition – and by extension, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) – is entering the red-hot “modern soda” category with Bloom Pop, a shelf-stable prebiotic soda set…
Feb 25, 2025KDP: U.S. Refreshment Beverages Boost Q4 Earnings Amid Coffee DeclinesKDP reported today a 5.2% year-over-year net sales increase to $4.1 billion in Q4, driven by segment growth in U.S. refreshment beverages and international…
Feb 21, 2025Last Updated Feb 28, 2025Analysis: Alani Nu & Celsius Deal Sparks Distro Realignment, Possible KDP Rethink?Together, Celsius and Alani Nu are expected to drive around $2 billion in sales across the combined portfolio – that’s if the two brands don’t cannibalize each…
