This week’s episode spotlights a recent conversation with Jeff Church, the co-founder and CEO of Suja, who opined on the role of luck in business, why a thorough understanding of consumer demand is critical to success, and explained how “the rule of twos” helped steer the company through its growth and development.
Lifeway Foods is facing a class-action suit alleging that it deceived customers in claiming its Plain Kefir is “99 percent lactose free,” while the ex-CEO of Jammin’ Java reaches a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Strong growth in the dairy-alternative market — which is expected to reach over $35 billion by 2024, according to a September, 2016 report from Grand View Research — is presenting some companies with added motivation to enter the kefir space.
The new products, along with their new spring flavor collaboration with fashion designer Cynthia Rowley, will be exhibited at Booth #4047 at the 2016 Natural Foods Expo West conference running March 9-13 in Anaheim, CA.
Dora’s Naturals will distribute Sipp’s current line of four flavors (Ginger Blossom, Mojo Berry, Summer Pear, and Lemon Flower) to their customer-base consisting of over 2,200 stores in the Supermarket, Natural, Independent/Specialty, Drug and on-premise channels throughout the tri-state area and beyond.
The private school’s operations group selected Lifeway’s Cherry Lime Supernova and Strawberry Kiwi Comet ProBugs Blast varieties as additions to their snack offerings because the line fits their mission of offering healthy foods during several snack breaks every day.
Third quarter 2015 total consolidated net sales decreased 2% to $29.6 million from $30.1 million in the third quarter of 2014. The Company’s third quarter net sales were impacted by significantly higher customer promotional allowances.
Select Publix stores also carry Lifeway’s 32-oz kefir products, giving shoppers a choice of sizes for both on-the-go and stay-at-home use.
Watermelon Kefir, the company’s first summer flavor, generated the strongest sales of any limited-edition kefir in Lifeway’s history and will remain on store shelves through September.
Lifeway Protein Kefir is available in four flavors – mixed berry, vanilla, banana and salted caramel.
The Waukesha plant currently employs over 40 people, of whom more than 25% are former Golden Guernsey employees who lost their jobs after a bankruptcy filing closed the 58-year-old business. Lifeway purchased the shuttered plant for $7.4 million.
Flavors to be offered in Mexico include Lifeway’s plain, strawberry, blueberry and raspberry kefir.
With 20 grams of protein per serving, the new Lifeway Protein Kefir is a tasty, probiotic way to promote muscle recovery after a session at the gym, a game on the racquetball court, or any other vigorous exercise.
Lifeway’s debut on a national broadcast of this scale reflects the evolution of its flagship cultured dairy beverage from a niche ethnic and health food product to a mass-market food carried by major grocery chains in the U.S.
